| Titre | Anti- ou anté-durkheimisme ? Contribution au débat sur les statistiques officielles du suicide | |
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| Auteur | Philippe Besnard | |
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Revue | Revue Française de Sociologie |
| Numéro | 1976, 17-2 À propos de Durkheim | |
| Page | 313-341 | |
| Résumé anglais |
Philippe Besnard : Anti-or Ante-Durkheimism ? A Contribution to the Debat about Official Statistics on Suicide.
The publication of Jean Baechler's "Les Suicides" provides the opportunity for examining the arguments formulated, in particular by J. Douglas, against using official suicide statistics. Douglas's hypotheses, taken up and developed by Baechler, are in fact refuted by the data that Durkheim gathered as soon as effects of statistical interaction are considered. The evolution of suicide rates since the beginning of the century also contradicts them. Moreover, such arguments can justify a pre-Durkheimian usage of suicide statistics, as observed in Baechler's work. The last part of the article indicates research that must be undertaken in order to settle the debate about the dissimulation of suicides, which is undoubtedly much less frequent than generally asserted. Source : Éditeur (via Persée) |
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| Article en ligne | http://www.persee.fr/web/revues/home/prescript/article/rfsoc_0035-2969_1976_num_17_2_5657 |
