In his study of suicide Emile Durkheim was primarily concerned with________________?
Correct answer: B. suicide rates and how they varied from country to country
- A. personalities of individual suicide victims
- B. suicide rates and how they varied from country to country
- C. means people used to take their own lives
- D. effects of suicide on the families of victims
Explanation
Durkheim studied suicide as a social fact by comparing suicide rates across societies and groups, relating variation to levels of social integration and regulation. He was not primarily investigating the personalities or methods of individual victims.
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