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Social Integration, Imitation, and the Geographic Patterning of Suicide.

Baller, Robert D., Richardson, Kelly K.·2002·American Sociological Review
DOI 10.2307/3088974
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One of sociology's defining debates centers on explanations of the geographic patterning of suicide. This classic debate is revisited using techniques of spatial analysis and data for two geographies: late nineteenth-century French departments, and late twentieth-century U.S. counties. Results of the French analysis contradict Durkheim's claim that “imitation” plays no role in shaping the geographic patterning of suicide. Suicide rates for northern and southern French departments cluster geographically even when the clustering of multiple dimensions of social integration is controlled. These findings are replicated in a contemporary analysis of nonwestern U.S. counties. Results for the American West, however, support the Durkheimian view that suicide clusters in geographic space only because important structural predictors of suicide, including measures of social integration, do so as well. These discrepant findings are reconciled and it is concluded that the geographic patterning of suicide is shaped by both social integration and imitation.

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Authors
Baller, R. D., & Richardson, K. K.
Affiliations
University of Iowa (US)
Corresponding author
Baller, Robert D.
ORCID
Richardson, Kelly K.
Venue
American Sociological Review
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2002-12
Volume
67
Issue
6
Pages
873
ISSN
0003-1224 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.2307/3088974
OpenAlex
W2013256252
Cited by
162
References
48
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 6 · 2024: 10 · 2023: 4 · 2022: 7 · 2021: 9 · 2020: 4 · 2019: 4 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 8 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 7 · 2013: 10 · 2012: 10
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1.32
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
American Sociological Review (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Emile Durkheim and Sociology
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Homicide, Infanticide, and Child Abuse
Keywords
suicide, social integration, imitation, Émile Durkheim, suicide clusters, spatial clustering, French departments, United States counties, American West

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