by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Suicide
1. Allocate each of the following cases of suicide to one of the four types identified in Durkheim’s typology of suicide: a) A rural migrant who is bewildered by city life b) A servant who kills himself on the death of his master c) A bravery stunt with a gun that...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Suicide
Read through the brief descriptions of cases of suicide below: Score each of the cases on a scale from 1 (least) to 5 (most), in terms of how much sympathy you feel for the person. Is there a consensus among members of the class? Use the different types or meanings of...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Suicide
Read the item below about suicides among young British servicemen returning from Iraq. Discuss how you could use the ideas of Durkheim and Taylor to explain these cases. Suicide risk to young British servicemen Young British servicemen who leave the Armed Forces are...
by John Amy | Mar 18, 2014 | Suicide
Because he wanted to show that even an act as personal as suicide could nonetheless have social patterns and social causes. In doing so, he would be able to demonstrate the need for sociology as a separate scientific discipline to explain such patterns and causes....
