Suicide Flashcards
1
Q
Durkheim
A
Through his study of official statistics Durkheim found that suicide could be explained through too much or too little integration or regulation. As a Structuralist, he believes in social facts
2
Q
Atkinson
A
We will never fully understand the meanings and motives behind a suicide, all you can study is the coroner’s decisions, based on common sense assumptions; e.g. was there a suicide note?
3
Q
Douglas
A
In order to understand suicide we need to use qualitative methods to gain meanings, e.g. suicide notes