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Home arrest as an alternative punishment
 KOUTKOVÁ, Marcela
The theme of this thesis is house arrest as an alternative punishment. It is relatively a new kind of punishment Act No. 40/2009 Coll., criminal code, which carne in force on 1. 1. 2010. It is based on the development of restorative justice, which takes interest in the future consequences of the given sentence. Since the existence of the human society there have always been certain punishments for those who somehow disrupted the run of society by their behaviour. It´s purpose and form has changed through in the process of community development and the development of individual rights. Nowadays, the most common imposed punishment is imprisonment, which is an isolation for the perpetrators and a society protection from possible criminal activity. Alternatives to imprisonment were founded due to the fact that the mentality of today´s society supports greater humanization. There are several reason for their storing. One of the alternative punishment is the already mentioned house arrest which can include adequate measures and reasonable restrictions. The meaning of punishment is social and economical. Although the attitude to house arrest at the beginning was quite sceptical from some professionals and the public, the result of the overall rating outweigh positives. One of the components of house arrest is the electronic monitoring of convicts, which will ensure constant checks through an electronic bracelet attached to the body of the convict. Although the trial operation of electronic monitoring has been successful there are financial reasons to check the prosecution of a sentence of house arrest by employees of Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic. Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic is closely related with house arrest. Pursuant to Act No. 257/2000 Coll. The activity of the worker of the Probation Service starts before the court´s decision about house arrest and continues till the completion of the sentence of the convicted.
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