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6. Doughlas argued
- well integrated people likely to have friends deny suicide
- well integrated people likely to have friends accept suicide
- less integrated people likely to have friends deny suicide
7. Atkinson's theory imposes a serious threat on
- official statistics
- intepretivists
8. we can over come official stats by looking at
- love
- qualitive data
- quantative data
9. who focuses on the meanings for suicide for those involved
- Positivists
- Interpretivists
- Sainsbury
10. Atkinson believes that statistics are neither right or wrong
- just one persons interpretation
- everyone interpretation
- powerfuls interpretation
11. who argues corners have a 'common sense' theory of suicide
12. atkinson believes hat 'common sense' theory has lead to evidence being relevant
- a dissturbed childhood
- suicide note, mode of death, location and circumstance, history
- suicide note, mode of death, boyfriends or girlfriend, history
13. The decision to classify death as a suicide is taken on by a
14. Interprevists wanted to demolish
- durkheims theory
- interpretivist theory
15. it is impossible to study the 'real rate' of suicide because we won't know the meanings
- Durkheim
- Atkinson
- Douglas
16. Atkinson accept's doulous'
- official statistics are merely a construct of labels
- using qualitive data help find deceased meanings
17. Location and circumstance Atkinson looked at a corner
- if they left clothes neatly folded on beach= suicide
- if they left clothes scruffy on beach= suicide
- if they left dog on beach= suicide
18. who criticises durkheim for the use of suicide statistics and actors meangins and qualatative data
19. meanings for cultures can differ
- Sainsbury
- Douglas
- Durkheim