Study Guide for Anomic Suicide
 

1) If economic crashes cause high suicide rates, what effect does
a sharp economic upturn have? Explain.
 
 

2) What effect does poverty have on suicide rates?
 
 

3) According to Durkheim, what happens to human beings who have
unlimited desires?
 
 

4) What kind of force can limit man's desires?
 
 

5) In what sphere of social life is there chronic anomie?
 
 

6) What occupations have the highest suicide rates?
 
 

7) How does anomic suicide differ from the other two types?
 
 

8) What is the definition of anomic suicide?
 
 

9) How is anomic suicide related to egoistic suicide?
 
 

10) Why are the higher suicide rates of divorced vs. married
persons an example of anomic suicide?
 
 
 

11) Are male or female rates of suicide higher among divorced
persons? Why?
 
 

12) In the footnote on page 276, Durkheim discusses a fourth type
of suicide. What is it called and what is it caused by ?