Crime: Suicide
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- Created on: 22-02-15 13:16
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- Crime: Suicide
- Durkheim
- Wanted to prove sociology was a science by studying suicide
- Research should be objective, reliable and quantitative
- Used comparative method to study European rates
- Statistics are true social facts, rates were fairly consistent across countries
- Rate is determined by relationship with society
- Types of suicide: Egoistic, Anomic, Fatalistic, Altruistic
- Douglas
- Interested in the role of the family interactions and the role of coroner
- Families may be reluctant to accept suicide
- Types of suicide: transformation of soul,self, sympathy and revenge
- Baechler
- Suicidal behaviour is best seen as an extreme form of problem solving
- Types: Escapist, aggressive, transfiguration
- Atkinson
- Real suicide rate doesn't exist
- Coroners categorise deaths, using common sense theory
- 4 Suicide clues: suicide note, how, where, mental health
- Durkheim
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