SOCA01H3 Chapter 1: SOCA01 - Chapter 1 Textbook Notes
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Soca01 textbook (sociology: your compass for a new world - brym) notes 1. Suicide antisocial & non-social: condemned by nearly everyone in society, typically committed in private, it is comparatively rare. World avg = 16 suicides per 100,000 ppl. When ppl commit suicide, we are more likely to think about the individual"s state of mind as opposed to the patterns of social relations. End of 19th c. ~ emile durkheim demonstrated that suicide is more than result of a psychological disorder social forces strongly influence suicide rates. Suicide in canada today suicide in youth has risen in canada since the 1960"s: church/synagogue/mosque/temple attendance has decreased amongst young ppl. Cdns w/ highest suicide rate = aboriginals innu of labrador: most suicide-prone ppl in the world, 13 times the rate of all cdns. Innu prevented from participating in stable and meaningful patterns of social interaction: social solidarity among the innu has been cut to an abysmally low level.
