SOCA01H3 Chapter Notes -Nomad, Altruistic Suicide, Émile Durkheim
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Is condemned by nearly everyone in the society. Suicide is not only the results of psychology disorder, but social force also strongly influence suicide rates. Psychological disorder rate & suicide rates are not vary directly. Psychological disorder occurred most frequently in adulthood whereas suicide rate increase steadily with age. Suicide rate varies because of the difference in the degree of social solidarity in different categories of the population. Increase the degree to which group members share beliefs & values. Social solidarity, increase firmly anchored individuals are to the social world. Decrease likely for them to take their own like adversity. E. g. soldiers give up their lives to protect comrades. Egoistic suicide: poor integration of people into society because of weak social ties to others. E. g. increase among people living in a society lacking a widely shared cade of morality. In canada, there are more youth to commit suicide. Because fewer young people to attend religious services no strong social bonds.
