Sociology / Unit 1 Soc 0022 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Durkheim's *Suicide*
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The idea
In Suicide (1897) Durkheim showed that rates of a seemingly private act vary systematically with social integration.
In practice
He compared rates across districts and religious groups, finding differences no individual explanation accounted for.
Where people slip
The claim is about rates across populations, never about predicting any one person.
Your place on the trail
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