Citation

Tartaro C, Lester D. Death Stud. 2005; 29(5): 413-422.

Affiliation

Richard Stockton College of New Jersey, Jim Leeds Road, PO Box 195, Pamona, New Jersey 08240-0195, USA. christine.tartaro@stockton.edu

Copyright

(Copyright © 2005, Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

15968813

Abstract

E. Durkheim (1897) suggested that the societal rate of suicide might be explained by societal factors, such as marriage, divorce, and birth rates. The current study examined male prison suicide rates and suicide rates for men in the total population in the United States and found that variables based on Durkheim's theory of suicide explained prison suicide rates better than suicide rates for total population. Possible reasons for these findings are discussed.