# Steven Stack

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**Steven Stack** is an American [sociologist](/source/Sociologist) and professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at [Wayne State University](/source/Wayne_State_University), where he is also an adjunct professor in the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Neuroscience.

He is known for his research on [suicide prevention](/source/Suicide_prevention),[1][2] including on the effects of media coverage of suicides on [copycat suicides](/source/Copycat_suicide).[3][4] He has also researched other forms of [violence](/source/Violence), including [homicide](/source/Homicide) and [murder-suicide](/source/Murder-suicide).[2][5]

## Awards

In 2003, Stack received the [Louis Dublin](/source/Louis_Dublin) Award from the [American Association of Suicidology](/source/American_Association_of_Suicidology).[1] Along with [Auburn University](/source/Auburn_University)'s James Gundlach, Stack received the 2004 [Ig Nobel Prize](/source/Ig_Nobel_Prize) for medicine for a 1992 study they co-authored on the relationship between [country music](/source/Country_music) and suicide rates.[6][7] In 2017, he became the first sociologist to receive the [International Association for Suicide Prevention](/source/International_Association_for_Suicide_Prevention)'s [Erwin Stengel](/source/Erwin_Stengel) Award.[8]

## References

1. Communications, Wayne State University Web. ["Steven Stack"](https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/aa1051). *clasprofiles.wayne.edu*. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

1. Young, Stephen (2017-05-05). ["A Rash of Murder-Suicides Highlights the Lack of Understanding Why They Happen"](http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/is-dallas-rash-of-murder-suicides-related-9436240). *Dallas Observer*. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

1. Szalavitz, Maia (2009-04-23). ["Is Copycat Behavior Driving Murder-Suicides?"](http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893273,00.html). *Time*. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

1. ["Celebrity Suicide Prompts Copycats"](https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030320/celebrity-suicide-prompts-copycats). *WebMD*. 2003-03-20. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

1. KATZ, JESSE (1997-05-20). ["Executions in Texas: No Big Deal"](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-20-mn-60637-story.html). *Los Angeles Times*. [ISSN 0458-3035](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0458-3035). Retrieved 2018-04-12.

1. Adam, David (2004-10-01). ["Ig Nobel awards pay tribute to world's oddballs"](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2004/oct/01/scienceprizes.research). *the Guardian*. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

1. Lenzer, Jeanne (2004-10-07). "Can country music drive you to suicide?". *BMJ*. **329** (7470): 817. [doi:10.1136/bmj.329.7470.817-a](https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.329.7470.817-a). [ISSN 0959-8138](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0959-8138). [PMC 521600](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC521600)

1. ["Awards"](http://www.asanet.org/news-events/footnotes/sep-oct-2017/announce/awards). *Footnotes*. American Sociological Association. September–October 2017. Retrieved 2018-04-12.

## External links

- [Faculty page](https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/aa1051)

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