Bringing anomie back in: Exceptional events and excess suicide

Sociological Science

Volumn 2, Issue , 2015, Pages 186-210

  Hoffman, Mark Anthony ^a   Bearman, Peter S ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Anomie; Durkheim; Imitative suicide; Suicide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964727830     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23306696     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15195/v2.a10     Document Type: Article

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