BSSb1111 Internal security forces and intelligence services

Faculty of Social Studies
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Petra Mlejnková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. JUDr. PhDr. Miroslav Mareš, Ph.D.
Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Lucie Pospíšilová
Supplier department: Division of Security and Strategic Studies – Department of Political Science – Faculty of Social Studies
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! BSS111 Security forces && !NOW( BSS111 Security forces )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 21 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to describe and analyze the development and contemporary character of internal security agencies and intelligence services.
Learning outcomes
Students will be able to identify and analyze an institutional and functional character of internal security agencies and intelligence services.
Syllabus
  • Introduction Conceptualizing of internal security agencies and intelligence services. Police Gendarmerie Border guards and similar agencies Custom agencies and similar agencies Prison guards and similar agencies Firefighting and rescues services Internal intelligence services External intelligence services Military inteligence services Specialized intelligence service Law and security corps
Literature
    required literature
  • GOBINETT, Pierre. Gendarmerie Alternative: Is There a Case for the Existence of Police Organisations with Military Status in the Twenty-First Century European Security Apparatus. International Journal of Police Science & Management, 2008, roč, 10, č. 4,
  • MATES, Pavel, František VAVERA, Jindřich ŠKODA and Antonín SLABÝ. Veřejné sbory v České republice. Vydání první. Praha: Leges, 2023, 408 stran. ISBN 9788075026507. info
  • MICHÁLEK, Luděk, Ladislav POKORNÝ, Jozef STIERANKA, Michal MARKO and Adrián VAŠKO. Zpravodajské služby a zpravodajská činnost. Vydání první. Praha: Wolters Kluwer, 2021, xxv, 412. ISBN 9788075987259. info
  • TVRDÁ, Kateřina. Vnitřní bezpečnostní sbory a zpravodajské služby ve střední Evropě (Domestic Security Forces and Intelligence Services in Central Europe). 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, Masarykova univerzita, 2018, 273 pp. Politologická řada, sv. č. 70. ISBN 978-80-7325-465-0. info
    recommended literature
  • MAREŠ, Miroslav and Marek SUCHÁNEK. Reform of the Police of the Czech Republic: An unfinished business? Central European Papers. 2015, vol. 3, No 1, p. 78-98. ISSN 2336-369X. URL info
  • POKORNÝ, Ladislav. Zpravodajské služby (Intelligence Services). 1st ed. Praha: Auditorium, 2012, 150 pp. ISBN 978-80-87284-21-6. info
  • MACEK, Pavel and Lubomír UHLÍŘ. Dějiny policie a četnictva. Vyd. 1. Praha: Police history, 2011, 291 s. ISBN 9788086477558. info
  • ZETOCHA, Karel. Zpravodajské služby v nové demokracii: Česká republika (Intelligence Services in the New Democracy: Czech Republic). Brno: Fakulta sociálních studií MU, 2009, 246 pp. Vydání I. ISBN 978-80-210-5004-4. info
  • MACEK, Pavel and Lubomír UHLÍŘ. Dějiny policie a četnictva. Vyd. 1. Praha: Police history, 2001, 230 s., 18. ISBN 80-86477-01-0. info
  • MACEK, Pavel and Lubomír UHLÍŘ. Dějiny policie a četnictva. Vyd. 1. Praha: Police history, 1999, 230 s., [9. ISBN 80-902670-0-9. info
  • MACEK, Pavel and Lubomír UHLÍŘ. Dějiny policie a četnictva. Vyd. 1. Praha: Themis, 1997, 178 s., [8. ISBN 80-85821-52-4. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and written homework
Assessment methods
The exam consists from evaluation of in-term written tests (max. 12 points), written homework (max. 12 points) and final written test (max. 36 points). Grading: Grading: 56-60: A 51-55: B 46-50: C 41-45: D 36-40: E 35-0: F.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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