nk414 Criminology

Faculty of Sports Studies
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
16/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
JUDr. Ladislav Poláček (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Bc. Zdenko Reguli, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
JUDr. Ladislav Poláček
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
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: to obtain an overview of criminology as a scientific discipline, focus in 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
  • KAISER, Günther. Kriminologie : úvod do základů. Translated by Helena Válková. 1. vyd. Praha: C.H. Beck, 1994, xx, 268. ISBN 8071790028. info
  • MOULISOVÁ, Marcela. Kriminologie a prevence kriminality. Edited by Ivana Zoubková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Armex Publishing, 2004, 146 s. ISBN 8086795055. info
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
Study Materials
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008, Spring 2010.
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