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Suicide (French: Le Suicide) was one of the groundbreaking books in the field of sociology. Written by French sociologist Émile Durkheim and published in 1897 it was a case study of suicide, a publication unique for its time which provided an example of what the sociological monograph should look like.

Findings

Durkheim found out that:

• Suicide rates are higher for those widowed, single and divorced than married
• Suicide rates are higher for persons without children than with children
• Suicide rates are higher among Protestants than Catholics and Jews
• Suicide rates are higher among soldiers than Civilians
• Suicide rates are higher in times of peace than in times of war
• Suicide rates are higher in Scandinavian countries

See also

• Anomie
• Social facts
• Positivism
• Antipositivism

References

• Durkheim, Suicide, (1897), The Free Press reprint 1997, ISBN 0-684-83632-7

External links

• Le suicide: étude de sociologie Snippet view from Google Book Search