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Education possibilities of prisoners in confinement
Kamenčáková, Barbora ; Blažková, Veronika (advisor) ; Hanková, Zdeňka (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the education opportunities for individuals sentenced to imprisonment in the Czech Republic. The thesis is structured into two parts, theoretical and practical. The theoretical part of the thesis briefly introduces the system of penalties in the Czech Republic and the history of imprisonment in our territory. It also deals with the organizational structure of the prison service, types of prisons in the Czech Republic, and programs for dealing with convicts. The last chapter of the theoretical part explains the importance of education for convicts and various forms of education in Czech prisons, including a detailed description of formal and informal education. The practical part of the thesis includes the methodology and analysis of the research investigation. A qualitative approach was chosen for the research, specifically the method of semi-structured interviews. The aim of the thesis is to map and describe the educational process and the education opportunities provided in the prison environment compared to regular civilian schools. Furthermore, through interviews with employees of Všehrdy Prison, the thesis seeks to determine, through answers to four predetermined research questions, all the educational opportunities offered by this prison and characterize the...
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Current activities and problems of social work in Czech prisons
DUŠKOVÁ, Soňa
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to map in detail the current activities and problems of social work in the Czech prison system that occur during the exercise of this profession. At the same time, it aims to indicate what solutions the interviewed social workers propose to the given problems. Based on the study of theoretical background, two research questions were set. "What are the activities and workload of the social worker during the first contact with the convicted person, during the execution of the sentence and before or after the release of the convicted person from imprisonment? What problems do social workers encounter when performing social work in prisons and what solutions do they propose?" The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part includes a description of the Czech prison system in the twenty-first century, a depiction of social work and the specifics of social work in prisons. The practical part is based on qualitative research and the method of questioning, the technique of semi-structured interview. The total of eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers working in the prison system, who were selected as the research population by the method of purposive sampling. The collected data was processed using open coding technique. The interviews were analyzed, and the interpretation of the obtained data revealed what activities social workers perform during the prisoner's stay in prison and what problems they face during their profession. The contribution of this thesis is a deeper insight into the issues of social work in the prison system. At the same time, the thesis presents the current activities of social workers and the problems that social workers are currently facing.
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Former State Prison in Uherské Hradiště?
Látalová, Barbora ; Boleslavská, Yvona (referee) ; Mléčka, Jan (advisor)
"We cannot teach people how to play tenis in a submarine!" In same way it is hard for people to change their attitude and behavior in the environment that is not similar to real life. How can we want the prisoners to act like a normal single person after years spent within the four walls? The aim of a new prison is a long preparation for the release of prisoners, the single life while reducing recidivism Czech Republic, attempts to refute prejudices, zoom in and understand the closed world of prisons and allow interaction with the world outside prison.
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Specifics of Social Work in Prisons
LAURENČÍKOVÁ, Štěpánka
The Czech Republic strruggles with a higher rate of recidivism than desirable. While the number of convicts in prisons is declining, so is the number of staff. Social work plays a vital role in supporting convicts towards resocialization and reintegration. This thesis on the topic of Specifics od Social Work in Prison focuses on the current situation in the context of the number of convicts and the state's criminal policy setting. Additionally, the thesis discusses factors that can influence delinquent and criminal behavior. Crime prevention is part focuses on the role od social work in prison, penitentiary and post-penitentiary care, and the use of treatment programs. Two goals were chosen for the practical part of this work: to find out how social work is implemented in prisons from the perspective of social workers and to find out in selected prisons what procedures, methods and techniques a social worker uses within treatment programs with assigned individuals. The research was carried out using a qualitative research stratégy, where open coding created codes that were further processed in the ATLAS.ti software program. This program was also used to schematically illustrate the results. The conducted interviews were analyzed, and through the interpretation of the collected data, it was discovered what are the specifics of providing support from social workers in relation to prisoners and what approaches, methods and techniques social worker use through individually set treatments programs. The results also highlight the challenges, limits and barriers associated with providing effective interventions. The contribution of this work is a deeper insight into social work in prisons from the perspective of social workers and also getting acquainted with the challenges, limits and barriers that may disrupt the provision of effective interventions.
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Social worker as an employee and member of a (multidisciplinary) team
Kolářová, Barbora ; Novák, Petr (advisor) ; Drahoňovský, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with a social worker as an employee and a member of a multidisciplinary team in the field of prison system. The aim of the thesis was to find out the view on the social worker from the perspective of top management of the Czech prison service. The theoretical part is divided into three major chapters that interconnect with each other. The first chapter deals with the basic definition of social work and a multidisciplinary team, but also delves into the specific area of social work with the crime perpetrators. The second chapter deals with general management, management of social work and top management, which plays a major role in the research investigation. The third chapter focuses on the area of prison system, its brief history, structure, and for the purposes of adding some interesting information to the thesis, also touches upon the life behind prison bars. The empirical part used qualitative research, specifically semi-structured interview, to fulfill the research goal. The interviews were conducted with top management of the Czech prison service. All collected data was analyzed using method, inspired by grounded theory approach. During the preparation of this thesis, I found out that the view of top management on social workers is completely positive. According to...
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God behind bars: series of interviews with prison chaplains
Kulasová, Magdalena ; Novotný, David Jan (advisor) ; Lovaš, Karol (referee)
The aim of the practical bachelor's thesis God behind Bars: A Series of Journalistic Interviews with Prison Chaplains is to provide insight into the historical development of spiritual service in the Czech prison system, and in particular to describe its current form and the ways and specifics of its functioning. The series of journalistic interviews documents six personal stories in which male and female chaplains describe the reasons and motivations that led them to the vocation of prison chaplains, and share their personal experiences with this profession that they have gained during their practice. Through the interviews, the respondents characterize the chaplaincy work, the principles of prison spiritual service, and offer various perspectives on the work of spiritual professionals in Czech prisons.
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Unconditional imprisonment
Hrtko, Igor ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (advisor) ; Vokoun, Rudolf (referee)
Unconditional imprisonment Abstract This diploma thesis deals with unconditional imprisonment, a topic that has been discussed in the field of criminal law for a long time. Unconditional imprisonment represents the most serious interference with human rights and freedoms that can be legally imposed in the Czech legal sphere. At the same time unconditional imprisonment has a subsidiary nature, which means it can only be imposed as a punishment of last resort. As it is shown in practice, unconditional imprisonment is imposed very often in the Czech Republic, therefore the goal of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive summary of the given issue, including the identification of its problems alongside with providing suggestions of possible solutions. The thesis is divided into five chapters, which gradually in complex fashion analyze the concept of unconditional imprisonment from both theoretical and practical point of view with the goal of providing a complete overview of the given issue. Theoretical basis of unconditional imprisonment is explained at the beginning of the thesis. That includes explanation of the term itself, its history, and the theories of punishment. Later in the thesis, the legislation regarding unconditional imprisonment is analyzed, which includes the domestic legislation as well as...
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Possibilities and limits of the work of an addictologist in the Prison Servise of the Czech Republic
Čtveráčková, Jana ; Volfová, Anna (advisor) ; Fidesová, Hana (referee)
Background: Substance use among people commiting crime has been an important issue for a long time. Since 2016, the Czech Prison Service (VSČR) has established the position of an addictionologist to provide expert addiction care in prisons using the same interventions and procedures that are used in civilian facilities. The position is classified under health services, but is expected to work closely with correctional and detention services. The conditions of work depend on each prison specifics. Aims: The research describes actual situation of addictologists employed in the Prison Service of the Czech Republic. Using sub-objectives, the author tried to find out the characteristics of people working as addictologists in the Prison Service, to describe their activities in the Prison Service system and to find out the addictologist's view on the perceived possibilities and limits of this position. Methods: The base file was selected using the total selection method. All the 10 employees who were employed in the Prison Service at the time of the research as addictocologists were contacted. The research sample consisted of 8 workers who were interested in research participation. A qualitative method of semi-structured interviews was used in order to collect data via online communication tools or by...
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Specific¨s work of leisure time teacher in prison.
ŠTEYER, Petr
This Bachelor thesis, named "Particularities of Work of Leisure Time Teacher and Educator in Prison ", deals with the basic terms of the prison system and a brief description of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic in the first theoretical part. In the next part, the thesis focuses on the work of a leisure time teacher and educator and also on the professions in these fields. The studying of reference books, organizing and drawing up of the work was used to finish the theoretical part. The aim of the practical part was to find out what the particularities of leisure time teachers and educators in prison are. Also, to determine the biggest differences between these professions and what they have in common. The questionnaire was used to find the answers to these questions. The research was implemented in the Detention Prison of České Budějovice. It was qualitative research with united questions. The questionnaire was printed and given to the respondents. The respondents were divided into two imaginary groups (R1, R2) according to their answers to the first question. Then the respondents were matched to the groups. Finally, the thesis describes and explains the confirmation or disproval of the assumptions.
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Social work in imprisonment
MRKVANOVÁ, Kristýna
The thesis starts with introducing the basic definition of social work, history, social worker and target groups of social work. The main part of the thesis focuses on the definition of terms related to crimes and especially their regulation and the current situation in the Czech Republic. Within the Czech Republic, the Prison Service and the context are also described. The work also includes the issue of social work in the prison environment.
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