An application of Durkheim's theory of suicide to prison suicide rates in the United States |
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Authors: | Tartaro Christine Lester David |
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Affiliation: | a The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Pomona, New Jersey, USA |
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Abstract: | E. Durkheim (1897) suggested that the societal rate of suicide might be explained by societal factors, such as marriage, divorce, and birth rates. The current study examined male prison suicide rates and suicide rates for men in the total population in the United States and found that variables based on Durkheim's theory of suicide explained prison suicide rates better than suicide rates for total population. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed. |
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