SPR508 Criminology and Penology

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Jiří Mezník (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Winkler, Ph.D. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Kateřina Kubalčíková, 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
Mon 10:00–11:40 P52
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 40 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/40, only registered: 0/40
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The students will take up with the modern criminology and penology of the 20th century and its theoretical concepts. Special attention is dedicated to the methods of criminology and penology research and actual problems of penal justice. The basic concepts of the penal law are made clear including also basic documents of European Union about penal justice. After that the rest of the course is divided into 2 parts.
In part 1 – criminological part – is speaking about social pathology, types of criminality and its social impact. Also is presented actual progress in criminality, with special attention in computer, property, violent, economic, drug-related, prostitution-related and organized criminality.
Part 2 is devoted to the questions of punishment. Students are taking up with the history of penal ideas, European and Czech concepts of the penal law and penal system and types of punishments. Also is talking about execution of the punishment, its efficiency and postpenitentiary care.
Syllabus
  • Basic concepts in criminology, criminal law and code of criminal procedure
  • Object and content of criminology and its methodology
  • The theory of criminal science and delinquency
  • Juridical, criminological and sociological evaluation of offence of violent, acquisitive offence and sexual offence – causes and basis
  • Prevention of criminal offences
  • Penal policy in Czech Republic and international action against the criminality
  • Organized crime
  • Crime in Czech Republic – political and religious extremism as a criminological problem
  • The philosophy of the punishment and history of penal system
  • International conventions about torture and inhuman treatment; Standard minimum rules for the treatment of prisoners and related recommendations
  • Punitive sanctions in Czech penal code
  • Execution of a confinement, the problematic of social rehabilitation and reintegration the offenders after release from prison
  • Comparison of the Czech and European prison system
  • Possibility of excursion into the prison
Literature
  • NOVOTNÝ, Oto and Josef ZAPLETAL. Kriminologie. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2004, 451 s. ISBN 8073570262. info
  • KAISER, Günther. Kriminologie : úvod do základů. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1994, xx, 268. ISBN 8071790028. info
  • KUCHTA, Josef and Vladimír KRATOCHVÍL. Kriminologie. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 132 s. ISBN 8021022043. info
  • KUCHTA, Josef, Věra KALVODOVÁ and Alexander NETT. Kriminologie. 2. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1999, 102 s. ISBN 8021022175. info
  • MEZNÍK, Jiří, Věra KALVODOVÁ and Josef KUCHTA. Základy penologie. Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1995, 75 s. ISBN 802101248X. info
  • HÁLA, Jaroslav. Úvod do teorie a praxe vězeňství. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií, 2005, 183 s. ISBN 8086708055. info
  • SPURNÝ, Joža. Psychologie násilí :o psychologické podstatě násilí, jeho projevech a způsobech psychologické obrany proti němu. 1. vyd. Praha: Eurounion, 1996, 134 s. ISBN 80-85858-30-4. info
  • Statistic Yearbook - Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic (www.mvcr.cz)
Teaching methods
Lectures and discussion
Assessment methods
At the end of the course is oral examination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020.
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