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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

  • Merton
  • Atkinson
  • Durkeim

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

  • corner
  • social beings

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

  • douglas
  • sainsbury
  • martin

19. meanings for cultures can differ

  • Sainsbury
  • Douglas
  • Durkheim