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Essay Galaxy - Suicide In Jails
Suicide In Jails
The United States is plagued by a countless number of social dilemmas.
Although not in constant public scrutiny, suicide is a serious problem which has
seemed to have lost importance. When suicide is coupled with arrest and
incarceration it becomes an increasingly complex situation. In fact, research
indicates that the jail suicide rate ranges from 2.5 to 13 times greater than
the rate of the general population (Winkler 1992). Motivation, prediction, and
prevention of suicidal behavior are grossly unclear, which only adds to the
already existing complexity. Many factors involved with arrest and incarceration
only serve as a catalyst of suicidal tendencies. Suicide is the primary cause of
death in this country's jails. In 1986 there were 401 successful [jail] suicides
(Winkler 19992).
There are many general assumptions ma....
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