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6. Douglas argues that societies don’t share the same meaning of suicide; if people are highly integrated then suicide is more likely to be what?

  • Covered up
  • Taken to the coroner
  • Shared with the police

7. Escape suicide is another explanation. What does this mean?

  • Punishing oneself.
  • Escape from live which has become unbearable.
  • Expressing sorrow for wrongdoing.

8. Douglas criticises who for accepting reliability and validity of official statistics?

  • Atkinson
  • Durkheim
  • Cohen

9. Altruistic Suicide is when you commit suicide because of?

  • Little integration
  • Little regulation
  • Full Integration
  • Too much regulation

10. What method did Durkheim use for suicide studies?

  • Questionnaires
  • Participant Observation
  • Official Statistics
  • Experiments

11. What is fatalistic suicide?

  • Suicide because of too much regulation of control.
  • Suicide because of lack of regulation and control.
  • Suicide because of becoming fully integrated.

12. Durkheim considers suicide rates as what?

  • Social Facts
  • Socialisation

13. Suicide rates are _______ if coroners decide the cause of death.

  • Low in validity
  • Reliable
  • Unrepresentative

14. Which one of these scenarios/stories matches fatalistic suicide?

  • Parents of a British schoolgirl who ran away with her teacher attempted to kill suicide.
  • Students committing suicide because of financial problems.
  • Ariel Castrol committed suicide by hanging in prison.

15. What is suicide?

  • Suicide is when you intend to kill yourself deliberately.
  • Suicide is when you are not happy with life.

16. Egoistic suicide is committed because of?

  • Lack of regulation.
  • Little integration.
  • Full integration.
  • Too much regulation.

17. Why do some people commit anomic suicide?

  • Because of one's excess of individualism.
  • Because one's desires are not being fulfilled.
  • Because one's facing too much control and integration.