Suicide In Jails
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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, resear ....
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.... emotional escalation leading to action
takes place over a long period of time. Such is not the case in jail suicides.
Much of the research shows that "of all [jail] suicides occur within the first
twenty four hours of incarceration, and an overwhelming number of these take
place in the first three hours of isolation which is referred to as the “crisis
period" (Hess 1987). The crisis period is reflective of arrest and incarceration
as producing extreme confusion, fear, and anxiety. The crisi ....
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