| dc.contributor.advisor | Tennant, Donald A. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Parker, Jerry Richard | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2015-10-19T18:21:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2015-10-19T18:21:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 1975-12-01 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11244/20108 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The object of this study is to investigate the process by which medical examiners label deaths as suicides. Particular attention is given to the social factors which may influence this labeling process. A conceptual and sociological definition of suicide is developed and applied to 812 cases of death in the state of Oklahoma, for the years 1972 and 1973. Comparison of information contained on medical examiner reports for cases of death which are differentially classified by the conceptual definition is done as a means of evaluating the validity of the suicide rate. | |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | en_US | |
| dc.publisher | Oklahoma State University | |
| dc.rights | Copyright is held by the author who has granted the Oklahoma State University Library the non-exclusive right to share this material in its institutional repository. Contact Digital Library Services at lib-dls@okstate.edu or 405-744-9161 for the permission policy on the use, reproduction or distribution of this material. | |
| dc.title | Suicide in Oklahoma: A Study of Rate Validity | |
| dc.type | text | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Webster, Edgar L. | |
| dc.contributor.committeeMember | Dodder, Edward S. | |
| osu.filename | Thesis-1975-P241s.pdf | |
| osu.accesstype | Open Access | |
| dc.description.department | Sociology | |
| dc.type.genre | Thesis | |
