Suicide and Elder Abuse

Response 1

            One of the reasons as to why suicide may be obscured is the fact that people consciously and willingly help others in committing a felony in many of the nations. Once a person commits suicide, it is fully investigated and the evidence acquired is used to point out the type of crime committed. Some of the family members to the victim will try to hide a suicide for insurance reasons as some insurance policies may not be able to pay out for a person who has committed a suicide. Other families will hide away the fact that one of their family members has committed a suicide so as to evade the embarrassment that comes along with such an action. The family may feel responsible for the suicide action of their family members as they may have seen some signs but ignored simply because they did not care while others may not have a clue of what the victim was going through so as to reach to that extent of committing suicide (Bartol 2012). Anger also causes suicide to be hidden by the family members as they feel angry and guilty since they did not do something to prevent it from happening. Law enforcement should, therefore, carry out a full investigation into the felony where they carry out an interview with all the people who are aware of the happenings.

 

 

 

 

 

Response 2

            The sensitivity and hard nature of elder abuse subject make it so difficult for anyone to discuss. The main reason as to why cases of elder abuse go unreported is the fact that most of the facilities that take care of these seniors want to protect their name and hence they don’t report the case so as not to get into any trouble or face any risk of having a lawsuit thus losing their funding. The victim may also feel ashamed and afraid of reporting the case. The only way to solve this kind of behavior is through standing up for the abused and speaking up for them thus getting them the help that they need and becoming their voice hence removing them from this situation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

References

Bartol, C. R., & Bartol, A. M. (2012). Criminal & behavioral profiling.