SPRb1124 Resocialisation and social work

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Mgr. René Strouhal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Mgr. René Strouhal, Ph.D.
Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Supplier department: Department of Social Policy and Social Work – Faculty of Social Studies
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 U53
Prerequisites
The course has no specified prerequisites.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 5/40, only registered: 0/40, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
A social worker in the prison system helps to resocialise prisoners, their successful return to freedom and their reintegration into society. The course builds on the previous fundamental acquaintance with the theoretical foundations of modern criminology, penology and social work with offenders and focuses on the axioms and paradigms of prison science and practical orientation in the prison environment, the problems of prison systems, the applied principles of the European Prison Rules, and the field performance of the domestic prison and mediation service. It offers insight into the validity of treatment programmes and presents concrete activities of social workers with convicted persons in prisons and outside them. In two blocks, students will meet with prisoners and wardens, social workers, psychologists and other professional prison staff.
Learning outcomes
* knowledge of theoretical concepts in the field of social work
* ability to think and apply theoretical concepts to problem solving in field work with prisoners
Syllabus
  • THE CURRICULUM, TOPICS, MATERIALS AND INTERESTING FACTS CAN BE FOUND IN THE INTERACTIVE COURSE SYLLABUS
  • Week 1: Introduction to Study
  • Week 2: Personality of František Josef Řezac and other important personalities of the Czech prison system
  • Week 3: Anchoring in international systems.
  • Week 4: Performance of detention. Prison sentences. Rights and duties of persons in custody. Prison service of the Czech Republic. Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic.
  • Week 5: ONLINE TEST.
  • 6th week of teaching: Introduction to the issue of treatment programmes.
  • 7th week of teaching: Resocialization of prisoners. Dissocialization in the macro system of prison. Preventive system. Validity of treatment programs.
  • Week 8: Discussion with prisoners and prison directors, social workers and psychologists I.
  • 9th week of teaching: ONLINE TEST.
  • Week 10 of instruction: Diagnostic, social assessment and development of specific treatment programs.
  • Week 11 of teaching: Divorce, paternity and child support determinations. Tracking the development of children of convicts. Social welfare. Debt counseling.
  • Week 12 of instruction: Discussions with prisoners and wardens, social workers, and prison psychologists II.
Literature
    required literature
  • JŮZL, Miloslav. Penitenciaristia jako věda žalářní. Vydání I. Praha: Univerzita Jana Amose Komenského, 2017, 384 stran. ISBN 9788074521317. info
  • BLATNÍKOVÁ, Šárka and Karel NETÍK. Predikce vývoje pachatele. Vyd. 1. Praha: Institut pro kriminologii a sociální prevenci, 2008, 216 s. ISBN 9788073380755. info
  • SOCHŮREK, Jan. Kapitoly z penologie. Vyd. 1. Liberec: Technická univerzita v Liberci, 2007, 77 s. ISBN 9788073722043. info
  • HÁLA, Jaroslav. Úvod do teorie a praxe vězeňství. 2. dopl. vyd. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií, 2006, 183 s. ISBN 8086708306. info
    not specified
  • STROUHAL, René. Disocializace vězňů a východiska speciálních pedagogů a vězeňských kaplanů. In: Disputationes Scientificae Universitatis Catholicae in Ružomberok [online]. Ružomberok: VERBUM – vydavateľstvo Katolíckej univerzity v Ružomberku, 2022, 22 (2
  • URBAN, Lukáš. Sociologie trochu jinak. Vyd. 1. Praha: Grada, 2008, 208 s. ISBN 9788024724935. info
Teaching methods
lectures, class discussion, group projects, presentations by professionals in the sectors, homework, reading
Assessment methods
It is necessary to obtain a score of 60% of the individual outputs:

1) 50% participation in lectures /participation in discussion sessions with experts from prisons and prisoners is mandatory/ - 37 points
2) online tests /2 x 8 points/ - 16 points (based on reading the texts in individual weeks - only underlined page citations, for laws, standards and ordinances full text unless pages, paragraphs, etc. are listed)

3) examination - 47 points (based on preliminary reading of texts in  individual weeks - only underlined quotations of pages, laws, standards and decrees, full text, if pages, paragraphs, etc. are not given)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Teacher's information
https://is.muni.cz/auth/predmet/fss/podzim2022/SPRb1124
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