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Understanding Suicide: A Sociological Autopsy
Scourfield, Jonathan, Fincham, Ben, Langer, Susanne, Shiner, Michael
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Description for Understanding Suicide: A Sociological Autopsy
Hardcover. Sociologists have debated suicide since the early days of the discipline. This book assesses that body of work and breaks new ground through a qualitatively-driven, mixed method 'sociological autopsy' ofone hundredsuicides that explores what can be known about suicidal lives. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370.
Sociologists have debated suicide since the early days of the discipline. This book assesses that body of work and breaks new ground through a qualitatively-driven, mixed method 'sociological autopsy' ofone hundredsuicides that explores what can be known about suicidal lives.
Sociologists have debated suicide since the early days of the discipline. This book assesses that body of work and breaks new ground through a qualitatively-driven, mixed method 'sociological autopsy' ofone hundredsuicides that explores what can be known about suicidal lives.
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
203
Place of Publication
Basingstoke, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780230580923
SKU
V9780230580923
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99-15
About Scourfield, Jonathan, Fincham, Ben, Langer, Susanne, Shiner, Michael
Ben Fincham is Senior Lecturer at the University of Sussex, UK. Susanne Langer is Lecturer in the Department of Psychology, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Jonathan Scourfield is Professor of Social Work at Cardiff University, UK. Michael Shiner is Associate Professor in the Department of Social Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.
Reviews for Understanding Suicide: A Sociological Autopsy
'This work is a major contribution to the study of suicide, still one of the core topics in sociology. Introducing a novel methodology and an innovative approach to suicidal motivation, it will become a landmark study in the field'. - Professor Anthony Giddens, former Director of the LSE, UK and Fellow of King's College, Cambridge, UK ... Read more