ion of religious or political groups, or families. Durkheim estimated that unmarried or divorced individuals commit suicide more often than those who are married. With respect to religious societies, the rate of suicides is higher in those where rules are less rigid because religious integration in those societies is weaker. Equally, political integration is weaker during peace; therefore, rate of suicides is higher than during the war-time. (Stengel, 1974).
             Altruistic suicides occur in a community where the social rules dictate that the person's life is sacrificial. This kind of self-destructive behavior usually occurs in primitive societies rather than in highly developed ones. People who commit suicide lack individualism. Sometimes they do it because of an excessive sense of duty, for example, the old and sick kill themselves to release society from the burden; wives follow their husbands; followers kill themselves upon the death of their chiefs and Japanese officers commit hari-kari. (Stengel, 1974). More recent examples that fall into Durkheim's pattern of altruistic suicides are kamikaze pilots and suicide bombers.
             Anomic suicides result from sudden disruption in the social hierarchy or norms, such as economic or political crises, or disruption in the individual's normal life. Divorce, death of a significant other, physical or moral suffering can all be examples of causes of anomic suicides. The typical feelings associated with this group of individuals are anger, disappointment, and frustration
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