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Samobójstwa w Tatrach w latach 2000–2010
Suicides in the Tatra Mountains in 2000–2010

Author(s): Renata Staszel
Subject(s): Sociology, Criminology
Published by: Oficyna Wydawnicza AFM Uniwersytetu Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego w Krakowie
Keywords: Tatra Mountains; suicides

Summary/Abstract: The paper presents what the author believes to be the most important information concerning suicides in the Polish Tatra Mountains from 2000 to 2010. It presents the most frequent manners of committing suicide and suicide locations in the mountains. Moreover, the author decided to test whether gender, age, and social and atmospheric factors (especially of the halny [local foehn-type wind], blowing as a rule in spring and autumn in the Podhale region and the unfavourable biometeorogical situation accompanying it) could influence the victims’ attempts at selfdestruction

  • Issue Year: 10/2012
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 129-139
  • Page Count: 11
  • Language: Polish
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