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SuicideThe Werther Effect explains that people commit suicide because they - are imitating other suicides •We think of suicide as a psychological issue •Suicide is a social phenomenon •Japan considers it an honorable death •People who failed or committed crimes were allowed to kill them-selves instead of letting the state do it for them•Medal of Honor - intentionally sacrifice himself in order to protect oth-ers Group Activity•Jonestown, Heaven’s Gate•Killed themselves so they would be picked up by aliens **Sociology is an invention during the Industrial Revolution (18th Century)•Shift of societies based on agriculture •Agriculture becomes more efficient during the Industrial Revolution •people began working in factories instead of agriculture **Sociology is the science of society•Population decided the power of the nation •Political arithmetic - calculated the amount of people in a society (sta-tistics)•Constitution stated that the country would conduct a senses every 10 years •this would count population Emile Durkheim •French•Book called, Suicide •study suicide scientifically •used death records in Europe •took suicide rates of all over the world •social integration/social solidarity•different kinds of suicide•Egoistic & Anomic, Altruistic •Catholics are more reluctant to suicide because they view it as a sin •Protestant is more individualistic - lower solidarity and low integration •social solidarity effects suicide•Suicide rate differs depending on where you live•Group with highest suicide rate is geriatrics •Gender with highest suicide rates is males •Race with highest suicide rate is whites**Suicide rates are going down Anomic Suicide•Mostly in Men - More isolated because you lose social connections through work - low social integration•Women - have many social relationships - High social integration Altruistic Suicide•Give up your life to save other people •High social solidarity Deductive Reasoning •theory --> hypothesis --> observation --> confirmation Inductive Reasoning•observation --> pattern --> tentative hypothesis --> theory*Self-inflicted deaths can be accidental •autoerotic asphyxiation Rise in Black Teen Suicide•“Post-traumatic slavery syndrome”•“Black families who have left largely minority communities...have lost the traditional supports...”•White kids do it so they want to do it too•If elected a coroner in the south, you are considered an undertaker •has to decide if it was accidental or


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