MV917K Criminology

Faculty of Law
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Josef Kuchta, CSc. (lecturer)
JUDr. Kateřina Červinková, Ph.D. (assistant)
JUDr. Jana Zezulová, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Josef Kuchta, CSc.
Department of Criminal Law – Faculty of Law
Contact Person: Hana Brzobohatá
Timetable
each odd Thursday 18:15–19:45 215
  • Timetable of Seminar Groups:
MV917K/01: Mon 27. 9. to Fri 17. 12. each even Thursday 9:35–11:05 133, J. Kuchta
MV917K/02: Mon 27. 9. to Fri 17. 12. each even Thursday 18:15–19:45 215, J. Zezulová
MV917K/03: No timetable has been entered into IS. J. Kuchta
Prerequisites (in Czech)
MP804Zk Examination in Criminal Law && ! MV917Zk Criminology
Předpokladem je úspěšné předchozí absolvování zkoušky z trestního práva
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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/60, only registered: 0/60
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
  • Law (programme PrF, M-PPV)
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.
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
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)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023, Autumn 2024.
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