Explaining Suicide Rate
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- Created on: 23-07-12 17:29
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Suicide and society…
According to Durkheim, patterns in suicide rates could not be explained in terms of the Psychology of individuals
The answers lay in society, in the relationship between individuals and society and in particular, the degree to which they were integrated into social groups and regulated by society
Integration…
In a strongly integrated society individuals are bound together by shared norms and values.
In a strongly integrated society, people have powerful duties and obligations to each other levels of integration vary between societies and between groups within society.
Regulation
Regulation varies between societies…
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