SOCI201 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Copycat Suicide, List Of Sovereign States By Suicide Rate, Asphyxia

• School: University of Delaware
• Department: Sociology
• Course: SOCI201
• Professor: Best Joel

Document Summary

Article: the influence of suggestion on suicide: substantive and theoretical implications of the werther effect . In response, many people started committing suicide (imitation) Durkheim: believed that there is no correlation between suggestion and suicide, believed that the people were planning on committing suicide anyway. Possible correlation between front page suicides and the national suicide rate. Japan: suicide is an honorable death, criminal"s way out. United states: armed forces, man saves his crew knowing that he was going to die in the process, medal of honor for a heroic action. Special cases: jonestown, religious cult, police were about to catch their leader, the members volunteered to take poisoned kool-aid, they committed group suicide, heaven"s gate, believed that aliens existed, committed group suicide. If you killed your human body you could be with the aliens. Main point: suicide in groups: no mental illness it is based off of shared beliefs. Green- main points you need to understand: suicide.