Social Integration, Imitation, and the Geographic Patterning of Suicide
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4522465 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Robert D Baller (University of Iowa), Kelly K Richardson (University of Iowa), Kelly Richardson (0000-0001-5976-1232, University of Iowa) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 67 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 873 |
| Publication date | 2002-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Sociological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-1224 • E-ISSN: 1939-8271 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/3088974 |
| OpenAlex | W2013256252 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 96 |
| References cited | 40 |
One of sociology's defining debates centers on explanations of the geographic patterning of suicide. This classic debate is revisited using techniques of spatial analysis and data for two geographies: late nineteenth-century French departments, and late twentieth-century U.S. counties. Results of the French analysis contradict Durkheim's claim that "imitation" plays no role in shaping the geographic patterning of suicide. Suicide rates for northern and southern French departments cluster geographically even when the clustering of multiple dimensions of social integration is controlled. These findings are replicated in a contemporary analysis of nonwestern U.S. counties. Results for the American West, however, support the Durkheimian view that suicide clusters in geographic space only because important structural predictors of suicide, including measures of social integration, do so as well. These discrepant findings are reconciled and it is concluded that the geographic patterning of suicide is shaped by both social integration and imitation
Cluster (spacecraft · Cognitive psychology · Criminology · Economic geography · Geography · Imitation · Medical emergency · Poison control · Social integration · Sociology · Suicide methods · Suicide prevention · Suicide rates · Anthropology · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Data-Driven Disease Surveillance · Health disparities and outcomes · Medicine · Psychology · Social Psychology · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies
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