Report on Eastern Arctic Suicides for the Period From 1981 to 1988. Included Also Attempted Suicides for the Period 1986 to 1988

This report is based largely on statistics kept by RCMP & facts given to the Task Force on Custodial Suicides, 1989. The author includes research that he has done on the increasing rate of criminal prosecutions for the Baffin region. The report also includes a hypothetical theory for cause of suicide in the north, that the amount of light correlates to how an individual is feeling, otherwise helping to cause suicide in certain age groups.