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A Solitary Death is a Social Murder
: The scene of a solitary death seen through the eyes of a police officer

Author

Gwon Jong-ho

Publisher

SANZINI

Categories

Humanities & Society

Audience

Adult

Overseas Licensing

Keywords

  • #Social science
  • #Solitude
  • #Social problems
  • #Death
  • #Solitary death
  • #Dying alone

Copyright Contact

Lee Soyoung

  • Publication Date

    2023-02-20
  • No. of pages

    192
  • ISBN

    9791168611337
  • Dimensions

    135 * 200
Overview

Solitary death, the loneliest death, why can’t we prevent it?

Book Intro

A Solitary Death is a Social Murder

- The scene of a solitary death seen through the eyes of a police officer

 

 

Living alone, dying alone

 

The number of solitary deaths is increasing every year due to changes in the family structure, with a growing number of one-person households and the level of disconnection among people. According to the first survey published in 2022, the number of solitary deaths increased by an average of 8.8% per year from 2017 to 2021. However, compared to the increasing number of solitary deaths, social awareness is extremely lacking, and no effective countermeasures have been developed. The standard for solitary death is also ambiguous. The current law defines it as “a death discovered only after a certain period of time has elapsed.” Here, “a certain amount of time” is determined by the arbitrary interpretation of the bureaucrat in charge of public welfare.

Korean society is facing the challenges of living and dying alone. A Solitary Death is a Social Murder is a book that relates the horrors of the scenes that the author, a serving police officer, has dealt with and also the methods to prevent dying alone that have been devised by the author. In addition, an interview with the author summarizes the current policy and status quo related to solitary death. The author claims that all of us are responsible for this phenomenon, and visited his local community center, ward office, and city hall to publicize the disaster that is solitary death. Let’s face up to this reality with a person who claims to be an ambassador for those who die alone.

 

How much do we know about solitary death?

 

This book deals with vivid examples of the solitary death of both the elderly and of the young. It reveals the stark reality of the scene where someone has died alone. Through this, readers will accept the victims of solitary death as separate individuals, not as a collective term that lumps together members of a socially vulnerable class.

In fact, people who die alone are more likely to have social networks than not. Nevertheless, 70% of the bereaved families refuse to claim the body of the deceased for various reasons, such as economic problems. The end of a lonely life becomes a death that no one remembers.

Death comes to everyone equally, but the manner of dying is extremely discriminatory. The author lays bare this reality and claims that everyone has the right to die with dignity, in the way that they want. We should all be able to become the subject of our own death.

 

The experience-based way to prevent a solitary death 

 

The author devised his own prevention method using his experience in the field. It involves the rebirth of the family through a pre-death contract and a living community. A pre-death contract is one with the government or an organization entrusted by the government for the support and follow-up procedures desired by the pre-deceased. This includes living, nursing, care, property management, and funeral arrangements. A living community seeks to prevent a solitary life by providing a place where many people can gather or live together.

About the Author

Gwon Jong-ho



(English) Gwon Jong-ho was born in Busan in 1967. He graduated from Busan’s Cheonghak Elementary School, Haedong Middle School, and Hyegwang High School.

After passing the police recruitment exam in 1991, he worked in Busan’s Yeongdo District Police Station, specifically in the Criminal Section, two different Investigation Sections, as well as in the Busan Provincial Police Agency’s Foreign Affairs Investigation Team, and the Busanjin District Police Station’s Criminal Section. He is currently working for the White-collar Crime Investigation Team at the Yeongdo District Police Station.

 After he first encountered the scene of a solitary death in 2005, he has been working hard to publicize the reality of dying alone and how to prevent it.

 

(Japanese) 1967年釜山生まれ。 釜山影島にて青鶴小学校、海東中学校、恵光高校を卒業した。

1991年警察任用試験に合格した後、釜山影島警察署刑事係·調査係·捜査2係、釜山地方警察庁外事捜査隊、釜山鎮警察署刑事係に勤めた。現在は影島警察署知能犯罪捜査チームに勤務中である。

2005年、孤独死現場に初めて接してから、孤独死の現実と予防法を知らせるために努力している。

Recommendation

“A Solitary Death is a Social Murder is the first book that properly deals with the problem of dying alone in Korean society.” Park Jong-ho (Chief Editor, Busan Ilbo), 2023


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