The Sociology of Suicide

Revision notes on the sociology of suicide, covering:

• Durkheim (1897) - Correlation of high suicide rates & 4 types of suicide
• Responses to Durkheim - Halbwachs (1930) & Gibbs and Martin (1964)
• Interpretive theories of suicide - Douglas (1967), Baechler (1979), Dorais (2004)
• Criticism of interpretive theory
• Phenomenology of suicide - Atkinson (1978)
• Criticisms of phenomenology - Hindess (1973)
• Realist approach - Taylor ((1982, 1989, 1990)
• Evaluation