[Aspects of criminal participation in suicide]

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.