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Submitted by TamberlaneMah on November 14, 2007
Category: Psychology
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All things in life are not pleasant and plans do not always go as planned. This is true for everyone in the world, but some people are born into situations where this feels like the norm. Suicide has been called a permanent solution to a temporary problem, but to someone who has dealt with predominately negative aspects of the world their whole life it can seem logical. The individuals I am referring to are racial and sexual minorities. Not all of these people live chronically stressed and hopeless lives, but because of their differences they are more likely to have to deal with lifetime inconveniences that could lead to suicide. Since minorities live different lives and deal with different problems their risk factors for suicide can be somewhat different (Queralt, 1993). “A risk factor is a characteristic of a large sample of people who have committed suicide, that appears to be statistically more common than would be expected” (Shea, 1999, p.69). Since the risk factors for minorities differ, so should the method of assessing them. Latino Americans, African Americans, and gay Americans are the minority groups I will be examining in relation to risk factors. By looking at these groups’ different risk factors and how they come about, suicide prevention and assessment can be done much more efficiently.
As an area loses its jobs people that can leave usually do leave, and those that cannot afford to leave must find another way to survive. This is how a community begins its social isolation (Kubrin, Wadsworth, DiPietro, 2006). This results in working below one’s means or turning to illegitimate methods (Kubrin, Wadsworth, DiPietro, 2006). In extremely poor neighborhoods a culture that legitimizes crime will develop, and most of the time people living in those neighborhoods are African American (Kubrin, Wadsworth, DiPietro, 2006). This does not mean that African Americans are prone to a culture that values crime; it means that crime is a byproduct...
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