Just like the timed exam, your essay question is open-note and open-book but NOT open-internet and should be completed independently. Please be careful if you have used outside sources in studying for the course that you are not quoting or paraphrasing those sources in your essay. If you quote or paraphrase within your notes you should cite the source for yourself to avoid accidentally engaging in plagiarism when using your notes as a source. Please use in-text citations for this essay. Do NOT use any outside sources (outside of the class) for this essay. Essay should not exceed 6 pages in length. Average length will be 3-5 pages. Please use 12-point font and double-space, 1-inch margins on all sides, and please use a business-standard font. Essay Prompt: In Durkheim’s study of suicide, the dependent variable was the suicide rate. Durkheim believed that social forces would affect the overall suicide rate – these forces became his independent variables. Durkheim’s major independent variables were religious affiliation, marital status, military/civilian status, and economic conditions. Durkheim argued that suicide was a social fact and that suicide rates were to be treated as Sui Generis and evidence of underlying social forces at work in society. With this in mind write a two-part essay that answers the following questions: Part A: Discuss the institution of marriage (including widowhood and divorce) from the point of view of Durkheims theories about suicide. What did Durkheim find was the relationship between marriage (including variants upon the state of matrimony) and rates of suicide? How did this vary by gender? How did marriage relate to Durkheims ideas about Egoistic and Anomic suicide? How did marriage as an institution and a family arrangement manage to affect suicide rates? Be certain to include in your answer a discussion of Durkheims underlying social theories and specifics of marriage as a mechanism in mitigating or exacerbating suicide rates. Part B: The rate of marriage peaked in the 1950s and has steadily dropped since the 1970s. Divorce rates have also increased since the 1970s. Having children out of wedlock is now common. Divorce laws have also become more permissive since the 1970s with the advent of no fault divorce. Applying what you know about the relationship between marriage as an institution and suicide rates, how would you expect the suicide rates of the 1960s to compare to the suicide rates of today? How did you come to this conclusion? Briefly defend your answer. Here is the link where I put the required readings and class lectures slides: Just like the timed exam, your essay question is open-note and open-book but NOT open-internet and should be completed independently. Please be careful if you have used outside sources in studying for the course that you are not quoting or paraphrasing those sources in your essay. If you quote or paraphrase within your notes you should cite the source for yourself to avoid accidentally engaging in plagiarism when using your notes as a source. Please use in-text citations for this essay. Do NOT use any outside sources (outside of the class) for this essay. Essay should not exceed 6 pages in length. Average length will be 3-5 pages. Please use 12-point font and double-space, 1-inch margins on all sides, and please use a business-standard font. Essay Prompt: In Durkheim’s study of suicide, the dependent variable was the suicide rate. Durkheim believed that social forces would affect the overall suicide rate – these forces became his independent variables. Durkheim’s major independent variables were religious affiliation, marital status, military/civilian status, and economic conditions. Durkheim argued that suicide was a social fact and that suicide rates were to be treated as Sui Generis and evidence of underlying social forces at work in society. With this in mind write a two-part essay that answers the following questions: Part A: Discuss the institution of marriage (including widowhood and divorce) from the point of view of Durkheims theories about suicide. What did Durkheim find was the relationship between marriage (including variants upon the state of matrimony) and rates of suicide? How did this vary by gender? How did marriage relate to Durkheims ideas about Egoistic and Anomic suicide? How did marriage as an institution and a family arrangement manage to affect suicide rates? Be certain to include in your answer a discussion of Durkheims underlying social theories and specifics of marriage as a mechanism in mitigating or exacerbating suicide rates. Part B: The rate of marriage peaked in the 1950s and has steadily dropped since the 1970s. Divorce rates have also increased since the 1970s. Having children out of wedlock is now common. Divorce laws have also become more permissive since the 1970s with the advent of no fault divorce. Applying what you know about the relationship between marriage as an institution and suicide rates, how would you expect the suicide rates of the 1960s to compare to the suicide rates of today? How did you come to this conclusion? Briefly defend your answer.
