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6. Durkheims reseach into suicide involved looking at?

  • official statistics
  • suicide notes
  • interveiws
  • diaries

7. interpretivists argue that suicice statistics are ?

  • invalid and unreliable as different coroners reach different verdicts on the same thing
  • they are highly relibale because only coroners interpret them
  • they are valid, they show a true picture of reality
  • they are the best way to decide if a death was suicide

8. according to Durkheim what two social forces are linked to suicide?

  • moral panic & folk devils
  • social integration & socialisation agencies
  • social integration & moral regulation
  • social isolation & social integration

9. accoridn to douglas & atkinson suicide statistics are a?

  • the truth
  • social construction
  • numbers
  • reliable

10. according to douglas what 4 ways can people define their suicide

  • gambling, for joy, to be reckless, to see if people notice
  • a means of transforming the self, oneself for others,achieving fellow feelings,gaining revenge
  • there is only two ways that define this
  • douglas did not say anything about this