Suicide, Homicide, and Social Structure in Ceylon
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2203585 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jacqueline H Straus, M A Straus (0000-0003-4200-589X), Murray A Strau (0000-0002-0106-7755) |
| Year | 1953 |
| Volume | 58 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 461-469 |
| Publication date | 1953-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9602 • E-ISSN: 1537-5390 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/221199 |
| OpenAlex | W1966043467 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 26 |
Homicide rates in Ceylon are among the highest known, but suicide rates are low. In certain respects the pattern of suicide and homicide in Ceylon is essentially similar to that found for Western countries. Subcultural differences are important. A psycho-cultural theory of suicide and homicide is formulated with at least three basic elements: individual personality, tension situations, and culturally permissible alternatives. Variation in permissible alternatives due to the relative closeness or looseness of social organization is an important factor of suicide and homicide
Ceylon · Closeness · Criminology · Homicide · Medical emergency · Personality · Poison control · Suicide prevention · History · Human Factors and Ergonomics · Mathematics · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Suicide and Self-Harm Studies · Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence
Altruistic Suicide
Le destin de l'anomie dans la sociologie du suicide
Status Integration and Suicide
Status Differences and the Frustration Aggression Hypothesis
Status Integration and Homicide
Navajo Criminal Homicide
The Ethnography of Law
Religion, Economic Development and Lethal Aggression
Victims of violent death
Suicide and Homicide in Open and Closed Societies
Suicidal Behavior and External Constraints
Psychological Factors in Violent Persons
Death as a Way of Life
An Exploratory Qualitative Analysis of the Stanford-Templeton Convenings on Islam and Suicide
Remarques sur la violence dans l'idéologie bouddhique et la pratique sociale à Sri Lanka (Ceylan)
Suicide and Homicide
Homicide, Sex Role Differences and Role Relationships
Bucking the Tide in Family Violence Research
A Transcultural Evaluation of "Self Poisoning" in Sri Lanka
Promises or Pitfalls
Pattern of poisoning in a developing agricultural country
Deviance, Interpersonal Relations and Suicide
Introduction
Girl still burning inside my head
Reading Sri Lanka's Suicide Rate
The Spiral of Suicide and Social Change in Sri Lanka
| Unique citing works | 26 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,39 |
| Citation span | 1959 - 2024 (66) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |