PrF:MV917K Criminology - Course Information
MV917K Criminology
Faculty of LawAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 1/1/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. JUDr. Josef Kuchta, CSc. (lecturer)
- Guaranteed by
- doc. JUDr. Josef Kuchta, CSc.
Department of Criminal Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Jana Dopitová
Supplier department: Department of Criminal Law – Faculty of Law - Timetable
- Mon 23. 9. to Fri 20. 12. each even Thursday 18:00–19:40 259
- Timetable of Seminar Groups:
- Prerequisites
- MP804Zk Criminal Law III && ! MV917Zk Criminology
examen of the penal law - 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 25 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 25/25, only registered: 62/25 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Course objectives
- General and special part of criminology, the concept, object, content, methodology and methods of criminology, real and latent crime, the offender personality, victimology, criminological forecasting, various types of crime in terms of their perpetrators, the causes and prevention of the TC. The main objective of the course for students is: to obtain an overview of criminology as a scientific discipline, to focus on criminology statistics and methods of work, to acquire knowledge of the main causes and prevention of various types of crime, criminological proactively develop recommendations for both theory and practice.
- Learning outcomes
- The main objective of the course for students is: to obtain an overview of criminology as a scientific discipline, to focus on criminology statistics and methods of work, to acquire knowledge of the main causes and prevention of various types of crime, criminological proactively develop recommendations for both theory and practice.
- Syllabus
- The concept and the subject of criminology. Methodology and methods of criminology as a science. Status, structure and dynamics of crime, latent crime, crime statistics. Personality of the offender. A crime victim. Recidivism. Juvenile delinquency and prekriminalita. Economic and property crime. Alcohol and non-alcohol drug addiction. Organized crime. Cyber crime. Ethnic crime. Violent and sexual crimes. Women's crime. Fundamentals of Probation and post-penitencial care. Penology.
- Literature
- KUCHTA, Josef and Helena VÁLKOVÁ. Základy kriminologie a trestní politiky (Basics of criminology and penal politic). / Josef Kuchta, Helena Válková a kolektiv. Vyd. 1. Praha: C.H. Beck, 2005, 544 pp. (Beckovy mezioborové učebnice). ISBN 80-7179-813-4. info
- NOVOTNÝ, Oto and Josef ZAPLETAL. Kriminologie. 2., přeprac. vyd. Praha: ASPI, 2004, 451 s. ISBN 8073570262. info
- Teaching methods
- Lectures in general part of criminology in the scope of one hour in week, seminar exercises in special part of criminology in the scope of one our in week. Solve of concret cases from practice, especially identification of causality and prevention. Lectures of practical experts with discussion. Excursion in the prison in Kurim
- Assessment methods
- Course successfully colloquium, provided seminars and a visit to an interview given topic. Workshop is conducted practitioners, includes a visit to the prison.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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