On Thu, 14 Jul 2005 13:35:09 -0400 snitsnat
<snitilicious at tampabay.rr.com> writes:
> sounds like Durkheim:
>
> http://durkheim.itgo.com/suicide.html
A healthy serving of Durkheim, topped off with a bit of Merton, and laced with Sutherland and some social learning theory for flavoring.
>
> (although I thought researchers have generally tossed this one out?)
>
> At 11:01 AM 7/14/2005, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
>
> >The half assimilated immigrants that James describes fit this model
> quite
> >well - they are alienated from the community of their parents - and
> thus not
> >subject to strict social controls exercised by that community - yet
> not
> >fully integrated to the Western community and thus not subject to
> social
> >control mechanisms that it employs. Hence their propensity toward
> >delinquency and hyper-violence.
>
> "Finish your beer. There are sober kids in India."
>
> -- rwmartin
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