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"Suicide statistic are social facts" Suicide is the act when "one kills themselves". The reasons for why someone would want to do this is a question which brings out many different view points from many different theories. For instance whether we, the individual really has any free will or whether our actions are deterministic as a result of how we have shaped and moulded by our society. The use of statistics also asks the question of how suicide is determined, which shows how statistics are often reliant on an individuals viewpoint, in the case of suicide the coroner. In this essay I aim to highlight how suicide is the effect of different variables in different societies. And how different theorists highlight important flaws in the way suicide cases are determined and looked upon. From a positivistic perspective we see how Durkheim highlighted how suicide was a result of society because of the...

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