C. Atkinson's Study

Atkinson’s study of the work of ___ and ___ was an interpretivist critique of Durkheim’s ___ ___ of suicide.

Atkinson’s study of the work of coroners and suicide was an interpretivist critique of Durkheim’s positivist study of suicide.

Atkinson was critical of Durkheim’s use of official ___ ___ because Durkheim failed to appreciate that these are ___ ___.

Atkinson was critical of Durkheim’s use of official suicide statistics because Durkheim failed to appreciate that these are socially constructed.

Atkinson argued that these statistics do not just come about by themselves, and are the end result of an interaction between the ___, their ___ and ___, and most importantly a legal official, the ___.

Atkinson argued that these statistics do not just come about by themselves, and are the end result of an interaction between the victim, their relatives and friends, and most importantly a legal official, the coroner.

Atkinson argues that Durkheim’s methodology was ___ ___ because he failed to recognise that suicide statistics are ___ ___ by coroners who come to their decision as a result of interacting with the ___ and ___ of the deceased and interpreting the dead person’s ___ and ___.

Atkinson argues that Durkheim’s methodology was crucially flawed because he failed to recognise that suicide statistics are socially constructed by coroners who come to their decision as a result of interacting with the friends and relatives of the deceased and interpreting the dead person’s actions and intentions.