Society Harboring Difficulty in Living:

Examples from Families of Crime and Suicide Victims

Abstract

This paper discussed the difficulty that families of crime victims and families of suicide victims are forced to face in contemporary society. What is this “difficulty in living” that seems to be common in families of crime and suicide victims but different from that of other families?

First, we simply confirm how these families are categorized in society with numerical data. In contrast to the results shown by figures, the existence of families of crime victims and families of suicide victims caused by actual crimes and suicide has not been thoroughly comprehended. Thus, we refer to such a society in which their existence has been unnoticed in spite of the steady annual and incremental increase as “society harboring difficulty in living” in this paper. Such a society categorizes families of crime victims and families of suicide victims under “ambiguous class inclusion.” “Realities” for those involved may be recognized as a “guilty conscience,” “problems between family and relatives,” and “difficulty accepting bereavement.” These realities may result in generating a significant gap between affected families and others in society. Such a gap in realities may force them into double bind situations in interactive settings, leaving them no choice but to choose silence and suffer from difficulty in living. Therefore, such a trend results in generating difficulties day after day that other families do not normally face.