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Imposing Punishments in Czech and Polish Legislations
Pustówka, Urszula ; Hořák, Jaromír (advisor) ; Pelc, Vladimír (referee)
Imposing Punishments in Czech and Polish Legislations Abstract The comparison of the legal systems of individual states is an important source of inspiration for the further development of legislation. In my work I compare the legal regulation of punishments in the Czech Republic and in Poland, namely those of them which both Czech and Polish legal systems refer to as punishments. These are Czech fines, community service, imprisonment, and an exceptional sentence together with their Polish equivalents. The aim of the thesis is to find inspiration and stimuli for de lege ferenda considerations for further development of Czech criminal law by comparing Czech and Polish regulation of punishments, as well as the types of punishments most often imposed by courts in both countries. In the first part of the work I deal with the systems of criminal sanctions in both states in order to introduce the context for the subsequently analysed punishments. Furthermore, each part is devoted to one type of punishment and a comparison of its regulation in the Czech Republic and Poland. The second part is devoted to the Czech fine and the Polish sentence of grzywna, the third part to the Czech community service and the Polish sentence of imprisonment, the fourth part is related to the regulation of imprisonment, and the fifth...
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Sentencing in criminal procedure
Vacík, Kamil ; Gřivna, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (referee)
Sentencing in practice Abstract This rigorosum thesis is dedicated to principles applied during imposing a sentence on natural persons charged with a criminal offense. It focuses on the area of judicial discretion within legal limits for imposing particular sentences. It examines the purpose of sentences, especially with regard to its preventive (educational) as well as repressive function in relation to the offender. The thesis deals with the factors that a judge should take into account when considering the type of sentence and penalty with respect to both the preventive and repressive purpose of the sentence. The purposes are expanded on in the parts concerning imprisonment, financial penalty and expulsion. The thesis consists of eight chapters. The first one provides a general introduction to the principles of imposing sentences and the system of sentences, including the issue of a sentence purpose. In the second chapter, the author examines the application of principles of imposing sentences in relation to one offender. In this part, the author concentrates on cumulative sentences, in particular alternative ones, i.e. those with a predominantly educational function. Likewise, the author considers the effect of this type of sentences on correcting the behaviour of the offender who commits criminal...
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Education of people during their custodial sentence
Bryndová, Jana ; Veteška, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kříž, Jaroslav (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis is to approach a broad topic related to the education of individuals serving a prison sentence and their motivation for education. The work contains a theoretical and practical part. In the theoretical part, with the help of specialized literature, I focus on crime, prisons, including prison history. The next chapter deals with prison statistics, punishments in the Czech Republic, including alternative ones. Subsequently, I focus on resocialization, education and motivation of individuals serving a prison sentence. The last chapter of the theoretical part deals with treatment programs. In it I present the activities of the program, how the program is compiled and their types of programs. In the practical part I present my hypotheses, research methods and characterize a group of respondents. I made a case study with one specific prisoner. The next step is a questionnaire survey, which was sent to prisoners. The processing of its results and hypotheses follows. The last chapter of the diploma thesis contains a conclusion and a discussion of the acquired knowledge. KEYWORDS penitentiary, education, program, custodial sentence, motivation, employment, treatment program
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Sentence od Life Imprisonment
PEČENKOVÁ, Kateřina
Life imprisonment presents the most severe penalty that can be imposed according to the Czech legislation. It belongs to the system of capital punishments and the extreme severity of its imposition is subject to the legislator himself. In the Czech Republic, the imposition of life imprisonment is a unique phenomenon. A meticulous attention should be thereby paid to its legislation, which is exceptionally complex in the Czech Republic. It is equally important to provide persons who are serving the term of life imprisonment with social services, aid and a social worker, who plays one of the most important roles in the life of the convicted. The social worker enables the convicted to communicate with the social environment outside the penitentiary, to communicate with public administration bodies and, in addition, he provides the convicted with follow-up social services after his/her release or while serving the term. These services aim at the quality improvement of the life of the convicted. This bachelor thesis presents a document that may serve future social workers in the prison service as a supplementary material to their studies and work. It includes the overview of important information that the specific social worker should know and subsequently develop. This thesis encompasses the legislation of both - life imprisonment and social work and associated rights and duties. Moreover, this thesis defines specific terms that the social worker should know and understand - the treatment of prisoners and treatment programmes in particular. The thesis followed the method of document analysis, the analysis of laws, judicature, scholarly journals and books. It synthetises pieces of information that are necessary for a social worker to know and understand. The legislation of life imprisonment is carefully drafted in the Czech Republic, which tremendously helped me with dealing with related laws and regulations. 7 On the other hand, what surprised me was a lack of documents related to the legislation governing the social work in the prison service. In my opinion, this lack of documents in the designated area needs to be completed.
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The use of media in men's prison
Šlejharová, Veronika ; Reifová, Irena (advisor) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
The aim of thesis The use of media in men's prison is to uncover the relationship between prisoners and media. Futhermore, by using the qualitative method of semi- structured interviews it was also the aim of this thesis to analyse how the prisoners use the media in the time-space framework of everyday life and if the media help to maintain day-to-day routines. This research could be of academic benefit, because this topic is not only largely neglected in the Czech Republic in general, but also in the prison area, especially when considering how to better resocialise prisoners through the utilisation of the media. Practical research is built upon a relevant theoretical basis: the history of the prison, sociological aspects of the prison, and regulation of the media in prison. In the next chapter, the media audience is described, together with an overview of important views of active access audience to media. The following chapter presents methods used when conducting the research, particularly Grounded Theory. The results of the research and interpretations thereof are presented in the final chapter along with respondents' descriptions, research goals and the course of interviews.
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Social and Legal Aspects of Punishment House Arrest.
HANZALÍKOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of the present Bachelor thesis entitled "Social and legal aspects of punishment house arrest", is to describe situation "de lege lata" and the actual progress of its execution and also, to describe the advantages and disadvantages of punishment house arrest and depict the public attitude to the house arrest sentence in the district of České Budějovice, The thesis is devided into two parts: theoretical and practical. The theoretical part describes alternative sentences in general and defines the house arrest sentence. The practical part is based on a study. At the beginning, the aims of the study and three research questions are introduced. The first question: Do the legal arrangements and actual execution of the house arrest sentence correspond to the current European trends? The second question: What are the advantages and disadvantages of the house arrest sentence? The third question: What is the level of lay public's legal awarness of the house arrest sentence? The study is based on a quantitative research strategy. The data were collected by means of questioning via standardized forms and patterned interviews. The form research sample included 150 respondents from České Budějovice, chosen at random. The interview reaserch sample included 4 respondents of the Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic in South Bohemian region. At the beginning, all the respondents were advised on the future progress of the study and on the consequences of the use of acquired data. Also, they were informed that the filling in the forms and the participation in the interview were anonymous. Afterwards, the respondents answered prepared questions. Within the research, the following hypothesis were defined: H1: The legal arrangements of the house arrest sentence are adequate, while the actual execution of the house arrest does not equal the current European trends. The lay public's legal awarness of the house arrest sentence is very poor. H2: Compared to the prison sentence, the advantages of the house arrest sentence outweigh its disadvantages. H3: The lay public's legal awarness of the house arrest sentence is very poor. The chosen hypothesis have been confirmed. The results of the study have shown that the lay public's awarness of the legal aspects were not sufficiant and its attitude towards this kind of sentence was rather positive. Most of the respondents obtained a high school degree completed with the final exam ("maturita") and claimed to have been informed about the house arrest sentence via televison. Nevertheless, they suffer from a certain lack of information in the field of legal aspects. Compared to the prison sentence, the house arrest sentence seems to manifest more advantages than disadvantages. In the same time, the Czech legal arrangements of the house arrest sentence is adequate while the actual execution of the house arrest sentence doesn't correspond to the current European trends. This thesis can contribute to the better public knowledge of the house arrest sentence. Also, it could be used as an auxiliary manual for the high school students, e.g. in the filed of social-legal studies. Eventually, it could serve as a source of information for the Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic.
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Work with offenders and victims of crime in the agenda of a probation worker
Jelínek, Martin ; Šotolová, Eva (advisor) ; Bajcura, Lubomír (referee) ; Hájková, Vanda (referee)
TITLE: Work with offenders and victims of crime in the agenda of a probation worker AUTHOR: Mgr. Martin Jelínek DEPARTMENT: Faculty of Education SUPERVISOR: doc. PaedDr. Eva Šotolová, Ph.D. ABSTRACT: The thesis presents the agenda of the Probation and Mediation Service and it's approach to offenders and victims of crime in the agenda of probation workers. It focuses on the area of re-offending and the possibility of reducing reoffending through appropriate follow-up services for conditionally released persons with probation supervision. The thesis analyses the problems resulting in the unsuccessful reconciliation of persons released from prison, in accordance with the aim of the thesis based on combined research (respondents were all probation workers in the Czech republic), as well as proposing possibilities for further development of work with conditionally released persons with probation supervision, and suggests systematic measures that could reduce the risk and rate of re-offending. These measures relate to the areas of dependency, employment, and education. KEYWORDS: Probation, mediation, imprisonment, re-offending, resocialisation, conditional release
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New Options of Social Inclusion and Prevention of Recurrence of Criminal Offenders
Dvořáková, Magdalena ; Arnoldová, Anna (advisor) ; Jelínek, Jiří (referee)
Trend of declining crime rates in recent years, on the other hand rising recidivism raises many questions for the existing criminal justice system. High return to prison gives the impression that the purpose of a sentence of custodial sentence lose at the beginning of the third millennium its meaning. The challenge not only for the state apparatus, but the whole society is more than ever becoming reintegration of offenders, which is a predictor of risk of recidivism. The aim of this thesis is therefore description and evaluation aspects of the process of social reintegration, taking into account current possibilities to prevent reoffending. Empirical part extends the intention of re-socialization efforts charting selection of innovative programs in social work with offenders. Theoretical material consists of key concepts weighing the Criminology and Penology, which is completed at the end of work formulating recommendations for social work with offenders as a possible guide changes in the life of each individual offender.
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