Essay from the year 2003 in the subject Sociology - Social System and Social Structure, grade: 2.1 (B), Oxford University (New College), language: English, abstract: Durkheim in his book “Suicide: A Study in Sociology” (1897) stated that “the term
suicide is applied to every case of death which results directly or indirectly from a
positive or negative act, carried out by the victim himself, knowi...