[Aspects of criminal participation in suicide]. / Kriminologické aspekty úcasti na samovrazde.

The authors' aim was to draw attention to the problem of participation in suicide. Suicide associated with penal responsibility is infrequent, the authors assume, however, that it deserves more attention. When elucidating the background and objective circumstances of suicide, the detection and evidence of participation in suicide is a very difficult and responsible task. Participation in suicide is not necessarily obvious and easy to prove at first. Based on their own experience assembled during an aimed analysis of 934 cases of suicide the authors draw attention to risk situations when investigation of possible participation is justified. Obtaining more accurate and extensive information, more active detection of people responsible for this criminal activity and their punishment is according to the authors important for the prevention of suicides.

[Suicide and geomagnetic activity]. / Samovrazednost a geomagnetická aktivita.

The study presents the results of the influence of geomagnetic activity on the suicide rate. The authors correlated the incidence of suicides submitted to post-mortem examinations in the Institute of Forensic Medicine, Comenius University Bratislava during the period 1985-1987 and geomagnetic activity. It was revealed that the most adverse periods are the days of a drop or minimal geomagnetic activity. A total of 347 suicides committed by men and women were analyzed. On the days of drop or minimal geomagnetic activity 73% of the suicides were committed. During the stage of drop or minimal geomagnetic activity there was one suicide in 2,51 days, during the rise and maximal stage there was one suicide per 4,88 days, i.e. almost double the time. The partial results for individual years are similar to the summary results. The results are supported also by quoted data from other independent research projects (injury rate of sportsmen, fatal work injuries, alcoholism); in the context with the latter the authors point to the fact that for man periods with a decline or minimal level of geomagnetic activity are less favourable and more dangerous than periods of rising or maximum activity. In the conclusion the author outlines the possibility to apply the assembled findings in preventive medicine.