Emile Durkheim – Suicide
Circa one million people commit suicide every year, according to the World Health Organization. In 2012 in Ireland the rate of suicide was between 11 and 12 people per 100,000 (National Suicide Research Foundation, 2012, www.nsrf.ie). Emile Durkheim engaged in research of the rates of suicide in France, England and Denmark in 1869. He believed that while suicide was an act tied to the individual, the causes had links to many different social factors. He was not so much concerned with the personality traits of individuals who commit suicide, he was more so looking at the rate of suicide per country. Durkheim wanted to find common social links in the different countries that could influence a higher or lower
Circa one million people commit suicide every year, according to the World Health Organization. In 2012 in Ireland the rate of suicide was between 11 and 12 people per 100,000 (National Suicide Research Foundation, 2012, www.nsrf.ie). Emile Durkheim engaged in research of the rates of suicide in France, England and Denmark in 1869. He believed that while suicide was an act tied to the individual, the causes had links to many different social factors. He was not so much concerned with the personality traits of individuals who commit suicide, he was more so looking at the rate of suicide per country. Durkheim wanted to find common social links in the different countries that could influence a higher or lower