who critiqed durkhiems suicide studies?

Answer 1

David Émile Durkheim
Durkheim developed the concept of anomie later in Suicide, published in 1897. In it, he explores the differing suicide rates among Protestants and Catholics, explaining that stronger social control among Catholics results in lower suicide rates. According to Durkheim, people have a certain level of attachment to their groups, which he calls social integration. Abnormally high or low levels of social integration may result in increased suicide rates; low levels have this effect because low social integration results in disorganized society, causing people to turn to suicide as a last resort, while high levels cause people to kill themselves to avoid becoming burdens on society. According to Durkheim, Catholic society has normal levels of integration while Protestant society has low levels. This work has influenced proponents of control theory, and is often mentioned as a classic sociological study.

Durkheim's Suicide is no doubt a classic as far as analyzing suicide from a sociological standpoint. It brought out some of the negative aspects of 19th Century individualism and it showed the importance of societal integration. As far as backing up his theoretical arguments empirically, though, he had many inaccuracies, contradictions, and generalizations. It seemed that if Durkheim found data that contradicted his hypotheses and theories, he found a way to

turn them around to fit his study. As time goes by and more data can be obtained and research

completed, Durkheim will become more of a starting point than a theoretical

authority (Jones 1986).

Answer 2

Durkheim blew it. The French coroners were more likely to classify a protestant suicide as suicide while giving the benefit of doubt to a Catholic suicide as suicide to an RC meant eternal damnation.

Answer 3

Certainly NOT Durkhiems clients

Answer 4

I think durkheim's theories are awesome!!!!