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Mutual influences of prizonization and resocialization of the prison population
Viková, Aneta ; Netík, Karel (advisor) ; Slavík, Michal (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to contribute to the understanding of the issue of prisonization and resocialization in the prison population. A qualitative research design was chosen, in which our sample of the prison population was monitored with the help of semi-structured interviews were described the influences that affect the mentioned concepts and the ways in which they manifest themselves in the respondents. The research sample consisted of 16 respondents serving prison terms in medium and high security. The respondents were in the Prague Ruzyně Prison at the time of the research. These were men whose ages ranged from 29 to 57 years. The results of the research showed that the prisonization of our respondents is mainly influenced by: the influence of other inmates, the use of prison argot, loss of activity and initiative, not acquiring any new skills and knowledge needed for life in freedom, purposeful adaptation to the given rules, misunderstanding the meaning of the given rules , lack of communication, lack of individual approach of the prison staff and insufficient influence of the staff on the convicts. At the same time, these factors negatively affect resocialization. Successful resocialization was further reduced by the following factors: insufficient insight into criminal activity, little...
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The relationship between criminal personality and the way of commission serious crimes. Profiling with the application of geographical mapping
Buriánková, Lucie ; Netík, Karel (advisor) ; Boukalová, Hedvika (referee)
The topic of this thesis is the relationship between offender's personality and the way of commission serious crimes. The thesis is divided into three parts. The first of them introduces the basic concepts and terminology with respect to the offender's personality. Attention is focused on personality disorders and on some sexual paraphilias that are the most important for forensics. The topics that relate to offender's behavior are discussed as well - motivation, modus operandi, offender's signature, and the crime scene. The second part deals with psychological and geographical profiling. Various attitudes and theories are discussed. Third and at the same time the closing part of the thesis focuses on practical applications of knowledge derived from psychological and geographical profiling in a geographical information system. Two real cases of serious crimes are analyzed. The evaluation of the findings, and of the discussed methods is presented in the discussion. The appendices are placed at the back of the thesis and involve map outputs of the geographical profiling and a vocabulary of important words.
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Characteritic of the criminal career and chronic offender of a violent crime
Popelková, Alena ; Netík, Karel (advisor) ; Boukalová, Hedvika (referee)
The diploma thesis Characteristics of the criminal career and chronic offender of a violent crime is divided into two parts: theoretical and empirical part. The theoretical part deals with risk factors that can lead to criminal career, psychological characteristics of chronic offenders and offenders of violent crime. Finally, theoretical part mentioned the concept of criminal careers with basic elements: participation, frequency, duration, starts a criminal career, the interval between of the offenses, the remaining length and finishing of the criminal career, specialization or universality, severity and escalation, accomplice to criminal career. The theoretical part also summarizes the basic statistics on the crime of chronic offender. The empirical part is the quantitative retrospective study of the forensic expertises in the field of clinical psychology. The main task of the thesis focused on the assessment of escalation - increased severity of crimes during individual criminal career of the chronic offender of violent crime. The basic hypothesis is: The length of the first and last imprisonment sentence is not differing. In terms of qualitative description of escalation of violent crime, I examined the first and last type of aggression, the first and last degree of violence and the first and...
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Psychological profiling of the offender during investigation of serious offences with emphasis on sexually motivated delicts
Doležalová, Barbora ; Netík, Karel (advisor) ; Boukalová, Hedvika (referee)
This diploma work overviews and clarifies findings which were made in the field of psychological profiling of the offender. Presented text is based on the interdisciplinary approach that connects and summarizes conclusions which were collated in the domain of specific forensic sciences and are closely associated with offender profiling. The principal inputs included in the theoretical part of the work are primarily gathered from American sources, but there are also mentioned significant European and domestic contributions to the profiling method. Besides general theoretical thesis, methodological principals and relevant historical connections it is particularly focused on profiling of those offenders who have committed serious sexual delicts, especially sexual murders and rapes. Throughout the work the accent is put on characteristic aspects of the crime scene, on specific methods of acting, on victimology and of course on wide spectrum of offender characteristics. The theory is illustrated by two criminal cases where the practical use of profiling process is clearly demonstrated. Some concrete suggestions of further research are also involved.
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Possibilities of psychological intervention in the sphere of crime prevention
Kolářová, Renata ; Netík, Karel (advisor) ; Gillernová, Ilona (referee)
This Diploma Thesis deals with crime prevention, especially with psychological aspects of this interdisciplinary field. The content of this work is divided in two main sections, theoretical and research section. The theoretical section introduces basic concepts of crime prevention, criminogenic theory and the most important psychological aspects of criminality. The research section monitors 18 selected psychological criminogenic factors that are evaluated by respondents from the professional community according to the importance for the development of delinquent behavior and according to the possibility of their elimination by psychological instruments. Recommendations of psychological interventions suitable for the elimination of criminogenic factors and a personal experience in this field are attached by research respondents too. Summary of findings provides background for the use of psychological interventions in crime prevention practice.
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Personality Depravation in Forensic Psychology
Tamchyna, Miroslav ; Urbanová, Miluše (advisor) ; Sochůrek, Jan (referee) ; Netík, Karel (referee)
TAMCHYNA, M. Personality Depravation in Forensic Psychology. Dissertation. Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Arts, Department of Psychology Advisor - PhDr. Miluše Urbanová, CSc. Co-advisor - PhDr. Alena Marešová, Ph.D. Abstract: The dissertation addresses the issue of negative personality changes understood as personality depravation. The introduction discusses their increase in normally socialized (non- criminal) population and states the need for a solution of this problem. The term depravation, which is taken from clinical practice, is analyzed from a theoretical perspective in the first part of this work. This research also builds upon empirical surveys of personality of groups of juvenile and adult convicts and non-delinquent control groups, which are described in the second part. Long- term empirical surveys repeated every decade (1979 - 2013) focus on personality depravation and are based on comparative analysis of standardized and quantified data - sociodemographic data, analyses of criminal activity, personality assessments using a standardized inventory of tests designed to ascertain personality depravation, and case histories of delinquents (n=1660). Generalizations of the findings are used to capture trends of personality change in convicts. The third part of this work describes the...
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Irrational Beliefs in Connections with Personality Variables in Penitentiary Background: Difference Analysis of Prisoners Convicted of Property and Violent Criminal Offence
Ivanovičová, Michaela ; Urbanová, Miluše (advisor) ; Boukalová, Hedvika (referee) ; Netík, Karel (referee)
The aim of this study is research of irrational beliefs of Ellis in connections with personality variables in penitentiary background. This study is oriented to differences in this domains by prisoners according to the kind of criminal offence too. Prisoners were administrated (N=208; violent criminal offence N=100, property criminal offence N=108) PSSI - Inventory of styles and personality disorders (Kuhl - Kazén, 2002), Quenstionaire SPARO (Mikšík, 2001), Inventory of irrational beliefs (IBI; Koopmans et al.) and scale IPA (Kondáš - Kordačová, 2000). Results refer to signifikant high rate of prisoners irrational beliefs and their specific personality configuration. Differences in prisoners personality in according to the kind of criminal offence was not affirm. Prisoners irrationality of Ellis relate mainly to schizotyp styl of personality and to others personality variables of behavior under stress. Outcomes of this study are to use for concret work with prisoners, for creation of treatment program toward influence their attitudes, beliefs and general kognitive framework, their is relate to their criminal offence; for checking of effectiveness this programs and for inspiration in another reasearch in penitentiary population too. Key words: irrational beliefs, personality of prisoner, kind of criminal offence.
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