Steven Stack

{{short description|American sociologist}}

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| fields = Sociology
Criminology

| workplaces = Wayne State University

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| alma_mater = University of Connecticut

| thesis_title = Inequality in Industrial Society: Income Distribution in Capitalist and Socialist Nations

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| thesis_year = 1976

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| known_for = Suicide prevention

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| awards = 2004 Ig Nobel Prize (with James Gundlach)

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Steven Stack is an American sociologist and professor in the Department of Criminal Justice at 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,{{Cite web |url=https://clasprofiles.wayne.edu/profile/aa1051 |title=Steven Stack |last=Communications |first=Wayne State University Web |website=clasprofiles.wayne.edu |language=en |access-date=2018-04-12}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/is-dallas-rash-of-murder-suicides-related-9436240 |title=A Rash of Murder-Suicides Highlights the Lack of Understanding Why They Happen |last=Young |first=Stephen |date=2017-05-05 |website=Dallas Observer |access-date=2018-04-12}} including on the effects of media coverage of suicides on copycat suicides.{{Cite magazine |url=http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1893273,00.html |title=Is Copycat Behavior Driving Murder-Suicides? |last=Szalavitz |first=Maia |date=2009-04-23 |magazine=Time |language=en-US |access-date=2018-04-12}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.webmd.com/mental-health/news/20030320/celebrity-suicide-prompts-copycats |title=Celebrity Suicide Prompts Copycats |date=2003-03-20 |website=WebMD |language=en-US |access-date=2018-04-12}} He has also researched other forms of violence, including homicide and murder-suicide.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-05-20-mn-60637-story.html |title=Executions in Texas: No Big Deal |last=KATZ |first=JESSE |date=1997-05-20 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2018-04-12 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}