El suicidio: Una conducta antisocial que prevalece/Suicide: An antisocial behavior that prevails

• Main Author: Omar Alejandro De León Palomo
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sociedad Mexicana de Criminología capítulo Nuevo León 2012-01-01
• Series: Archivos de Criminología, Seguridad Privada y Criminalística
• Subjects: Suicide; Prevalence of suicide; Antisocial behavior
• Online Access: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_cni943DKuqcWgydHVHSjFwQ2s/view?usp=sharing

The suicide has existed throughout history and has prevailed as a behavior that was contrary to the rules of the society in terms of preservation of life itself; the objective of this research was to make emphasis on the nature of antisocial behavior of this behavior and show its prevalence in the years 2006 to 2010 in Mexico and Tamaulipas, as well as from 1999 to 2008 in Reynosa, Tamaulipas. For which the data were obtained from the National Institute of Statistics and Geography to the country and the State and the books of the register of deaths by cause violent of the Regional Unit of Expert Services of the Attorney General of Justice, which has its headquarters in Reynosa; developed a theoretical framework on the impact of the conduct in society and the means to prevent it, The data obtained we revealed the continued presence of this conduct year-on-year, 23.554 cases appearing in Mexico and 819 in Tamaulipas in the period from 2006 to 2010; in Reynosa, Tamaulipas were presented 278 suicides in the period 1999 to 2008. The results show us a conduct stable in numbers, but without excessive overflows that prevails year-on-year, suicide, and the attempt of the same should be viewed as a social problem and not detract from the importance that it deserves a conduct of these dimensions, that is no more than a reflection of the situation in which are the means of social control toward the preservation of life itself.