THE INFLUENCE OF ECONOMIC CYCLE ON SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

The object is to analyse the influence of the economic cycle on suicide and homicide rate in the Czech Republic. The homicide and suicide are deliberately overlooked, because it has a negative impact on the development of the economic cycle. For that reason it belongs to delicate issues in the Czech Republic and other countries. In recent years, the Czech Republic passed through major changes in the economic situation. In 2008, the economic recession began in the United States and gradually affected many countries around the world, including the Czech Republic. The work will also analyse the impact of these changes. GDP data, information about suicide and homicide will be used from the Czech Statistical Office. The work presents the development of GDP, suicide and homicide rate in the Czech Republic. It will analyze the existence of a relation between GDP and suicide, GDP and homicide. Results will be compared with the economic theory of the business cycle on suicide and homicide by Henry and Short.