Analysis of data for 12 areas of the Indian Health Services available from the US Department of Health and Human Services yielded a correlation (ρ) of .65 between poverty and suicide and a significant rho of. 52 with homicide rates. The Navajo area is an exception, raising for study questions about social disintegration.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
KunitzS. J.LevyJ. E.OdoroffC. L.BollingerJ. (1971) The epidemiology of alcoholic cirrhosis in two southwestern Indian tribes. Quarterly Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 32, 706–720.
2.
LesterD. (1984) The association between the quality of life and suicide and homicide rates. Journal of Social Psychology, 124, 247–248.
3.
YoungT. J. (1988) Substance use and abuse among Native Americans. Clinical Psychology Review, 8, 125–138.
4.
YoungT. J. (1990) Native American crime and criminal justice require criminologists' attention. Journal of Criminal Justice Education, 1, 111–116.
