Explain Durkheim's four types of suicide and give examples of each

Egotistic

Altruistic

Anomic

Fatalistic

- Egotistic: too little integration; when the individual is more important than the group. Mostly seen in industrial society.

- Altruistic: too much integration; when the group is more important than the individual. Mostly seen in pre-industrial society.

- Anomic: too little regulation; when the norms and values of society change and become unapparent. Mostly seen in industrial society.

- Fatalistic: too much regulation; members of society are restricted. Mostly seen in pre-industrial society.