Complex sentence: By carefully examining police suicide statistics in different districts, Durkheim was able to'demonstrate' that Catholic communities have a lower suicide rate than Protestants, and ascribe this to a "social" (as opposed to individual) cause.
Split into simpler sentences: By carefully examining police suicide statistics in different districts, Durkheim was able to'demonstrate' that Catholic communities have a lower suicide rate than that of Protestants. He ascribed this to a "social" (as opposed to individual) cause.