An application of Durkheim's theory of suicide to prison suicide rates in the United States.
E. Durkheim (1897) suggested that the societal rate of suicide might be explained by societal factors, such as marriage, divorce, and birth rates. The current study examined male prison suicide rates and suicide rates for men in the total population in the United States and found that variables based on Durkheim's theory of suicide explained prison suicide rates better than suicide rates for total population. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed.
Tartaro
Christine
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Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jim Leeds Road, PO Box 195, Pamona, New Jersey 08240-0195, USA. christine.tartaro@stockton.edu
Lester
David
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D001723:Birth Rate; D004243:Divorce / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D008960:Models, Psychological; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011330:Prisons; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D012961:Sociology; D013405:Suicide / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014478:Unemployment / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology