Interprevist approaches to suicide 4.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? SociologyCrime and devianceA2/A-levelAQA Created by: lw121xCreated on: 17-06-15 09:49 Interprevists wanted to demolish durkheims theory 1 of 19 who focuses on the meanings for suicide for those involved Interpretivists 2 of 19 who criticises durkheim for the use of suicide statistics and actors meangins and qualatative data douglas 3 of 19 The decision to classify death as a suicide is taken on by a corner 4 of 19 Doughlas argued well integrated people likely to have friends deny suicide 5 of 19 meanings for cultures can differ Douglas 6 of 19 sumari warrior jpaenese and buisness likey to have different meanings for their deaths 7 of 19 who criticises durkheim for looking at social causes and not qualitative data douglas 8 of 19 we can over come official stats by looking at qualitive data 9 of 19 a problem with douglas theory is that ...... are no better than judges to judeg a death sociologist 10 of 19 ethnomethodology refers to social reality a constrction of its members 11 of 19 Atkinson accept's doulous' official statistics are merely a construct of labels 12 of 19 it is impossible to study the 'real rate' of suicide because we won't know the meanings Atkinson 13 of 19 Atkinson believes that statistics are neither right or wrong just one persons interpretation 14 of 19 atkinson fucuses on how coners characterise deaths 15 of 19 who argues corners have a 'common sense' theory of suicide Atkinson 16 of 19 atkinson believes hat 'common sense' theory has lead to evidence being relevant suicide note, mode of death, location and circumstance, history 17 of 19 Location and circumstance Atkinson looked at a corner if they left clothes neatly folded on beach= suicide 18 of 19 Atkinson's theory imposes a serious threat on official statistics 19 of 19
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