Suicide Case Study

Emile Durkheim, is a founder of sociology who conceived a theory of suicide and the relationship with society. His case study of suicide, explored the differences of suicide rates among religious groups. He observed the rate of suicide varied among time and location and, was not determined by religious views. He found people felt intertwine of social surrounding of social factors that produce suicide and, different social classes emerged from the discovery. Durkheim book “Suicide” makes a distinction between suicide and suicide rate. Durkheim uses of longitudinal study from various countries, to understand the variations of suicide rates in different societies. He studied the suicide number more stable than compared the mortality rate.

Altruistic suicide, happens when there is an excessive regulations by social forces. Altruism suicide is committed for the benefits for the community that included self-sacrifice. The social situations and conducts is determined by values and norms. Altruist believes obstacles and burden and try to find alternatives methods to find hope and happiness. The loss of family dynamics, economic growth and shelter cause, the persons to perform voluntary death, for specific circumstances. To help understand the process that motivates people to die for society, is parallel between suicide terrorism and honor of a person death. People who commit suicide in the means to benefit society, is shown in suicide bombers. Suicide terrorism is motivated violence that requires death of perpetrator, to innocent targets in order quantify their motivations. Strong discipline and repression are important characteristics of suicide bomber that is intrinsic to altruist theory. Suicide terrorist who motivations and beliefs and economic poverty makes them desperate for economic security. Therefore, the beliefs to believe in the rewards of The need of social approval, recognition and the interpretations of cultural is the framework of suicide terrorism acts committed by

His explanation of his theories of social causes of suicide and the different types. He demonstrated poverty or unhappiness, wealth, family motivate suicide. Theory of suicide has contributed to the understanding because of stress on social issues than on biological factors like psychological factors. Instead suicide is the results of social disorganization and the lack of social integration. Anomic suicide when forces in society causes the person to feel lost or alone. With a lack of social directions, restrains social ethics. Egoistic suicide, when a person feel detach from society by roles, family dynamics and relationships. Egoistic see no goal to accomplish, feels useless and without purpose. With no belonging to a group, there is not support and therefore, commit suicide. Altruist, commits beyond the World and the obstacles and burden. Egoistic and altruistic suicide, is the consequences of integration within the society. Fatalistic suicide blocked and passion oppressive, a person becomes indenture servant. . An extreme opposite to anomic suicide. The customs and traditions of society is instrumental in death and the mode of suicidal act. Each theories work to clarify the social context when the problems occurred. Egoistic suicide is the consequences of social bonds and linked to anomic