Sociological Theory

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Durkheim is a sociological theorist that places a huge importance on the concept of suicide. She defines suicide as direct or indirect result of a positive or negative act accomplished by the victim himself. The individuals who place the thought of suicide into their minds automatically present their lives as unworthy. This individual gave up and abandoned life to the point of complete disappearance. When the feel for life disappears the act to commit becomes even stronger. Within every kind of suicide there is a common knowledge of a fatal result. Suicide can be considered an act that you commit knowing the outcome, where as what is unknown cannot be considered suicide. Durkheim further explains that there are two kinds of suicide the first