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Assistance provided to crime victims - comparison of national legislations in the Czech Republic and Finland
Tomsová, Karolína ; Vanduchová, Marie (advisor) ; Jelínek, Jiří (referee)
The goal of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive comparison of national legislations governing assistance provided to crime victims in both the Czech Republic and Finland. Although emphasis has been placed on analysis of the respective legal regulations of both countries, it also places the issue into historical context while analyzing international requirements laid down by the Council of Europe, the European Union and the United Nations. At the end of the thesis, the level of victim protection in both countries is assessed and particular de lege ferenda proposals are submitted. The first chapter offers historical and international insight into the assistance of victims of crime and details how this field has evolved over the last hundred years. The second chapter describes the development of protective legislation in the Czech Republic and Finland. In chapter 3, the different types of assistance provided to victims in practice, regardless of the existence of relevant regulations, are analyzed. The fourth chapter explains the legal terms "victim" and "injured party", with a view toward their use in subsequent chapters of this thesis. Chapter 5 discusses the position of the injured party in criminal proceedings, including the feasibility of achieving their rightful claims while the sixth...
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Criminal, criminological and criminalistic aspects of injured person's interrogation
Kleinbauerová, Marcela ; Gřivna, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (referee)
This thesis is dealing with the criminal interrogation of injured person from criminal, criminalistic and criminological aspect and emphasizes the issue of secondary victimization. It contains an examination of the terms injured person, victim of crime and criminal interrogation, then is dealing with methods and tactics of questioning with specific issues involved in injured person's matter. The thesis describes changes in Czech system of law caused by the Statute of victims of crime. On particular cases based on author's research the thesis shows how can wrongly managed questiong leads to secondary victimization of victim, and offers solutions of particular problems involved in criminal interrogation of injured person.
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Selected issues of the status of injured parties and victims in the Czech legal order
Solil, Martin ; Vokoun, Rudolf (advisor) ; Vanduchová, Marie (referee)
The subject of this dissertation is the analysis of the position of an injured party and a victim in the Czech criminal legal environment. The aim of this thesis is also identification and practical analysis of particular procedural rights of injured parties and victims guaranteed to them by the Czech legislation. The dissertation has four main chapters. The first chapter is describing not only the general concept of an injured party but also particular claims that injured parties may exercises in the criminal proceedings. The second chapter contains not only description and analysis of adhesion proceedings, but also conditions under which claims of injured parties may be considered and decided by the Czech courts. The third chapter is devoted to the most problematic procedural rights of injured parties. The last chapter of this dissertation deals with the general concept of a victim and particular procedural rights of victims - mainly in the light of the "relatively young" law concerning victims of crimes.
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Prisoner's Family as an Object of Social Work
Potocká, Veronika ; Matoušková, Andrea (advisor) ; Pazlarová, Hana (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with families who face sudden separation of a loved one due to imprisonment. From previous experience the work differs in focusing primarily focused on the family, not prisoners. Theoretical part is devoted to conceptual and legislative definition, the negative effects of imprisonment and the specific needs of the prisoners families as an object of help. Thesis marginally touches on recidivism in the chapter about the family as an entity assist in the reintegration of prisoners and also highlights the potential risks that may family for imprisoned in the process mean. It results from foreign experience, which is traditionally ahead. The empirical part of the qualitative research carried out within of self-help groups of prisoners families provides insight into the specific experiences of families. Its purpose is both to draw attention to this marginalized social group and its needs, as well as outline effective assistance, which would deal with this life situation the best. POTOCKÁ, Veronika. Prisoner's family as an object of social work. Prague, 2014. 121 pages. The diploma thesis. Charles University in Prague, Department of social work. Supervisor: Andrea Matoušková
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An injured person and a victim of crime
Schönová, Ivana ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vokoun, Rudolf (referee)
The thesis concentrates on the position of aggrieved parties and crime victims. In relation to Act 45/2013 Coll., effective from 1 August 2013, On Victims of Crimes, their position has been regulated in a single comprehensive document. The Act substantially amended the Code of Criminal Procedure, modified the previous rights of the aggrieved parties and introduced into the Code a new institute of interlocutory injunctions. The paper analyzes the rights of the victims and aggrieved parties. Additionally, it endeavors to pinpoint the deficiencies in the current legislation. The first section analyzes the aggrieved parties as participants in criminal proceedings and their rights in different stages of the proceedings. This section then tries to map the options that the aggrieved parties have in choosing their attorneys, or a joint attorney, and when they can claim legal assistance free of charge or at a reduced cost. The section is focused on the process of court's decision making in the trial; on the aggrieved party's options of seeking relief through remedies; and on the special position of aggrieved parties as regards the diversion of criminal proceedings. The second section tries to define the victims of crimes, particularly vulnerable victims. The next chapter addresses the rights of crime...
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Pastoral care for crime victims
Skalický, Jaroslav ; Opatrný, Aleš (advisor) ; Bartůšková, Ludmila (referee)
First of all, this diploma thesis called Pastoral Care about Victims of Criminal Offence briefly purveys basics of criminal law. These handle the topic of victims of criminal offence. Secondly, this work deals with victims themselves. There are also explained chosen terms from this field particularly victimisation and post-traumatic stress disorder Thirdly, there are not only described psychological impacts of crime onto victims, but also system of psychological, social and juridical help for these victims. Moreover, after outlining possibilities of pastoral work in current society, there is given a description of integration of pastoral care about victims of crimes into pastoral field. Particularly, this pastoral work helps victims with their difficulties and suffering. By using appropriate pastoral means, pastoral work is aimed at overcoming difficult life situations with dignity. Very important is co- operation with state and non-profit organisations, which also offer help to victims of crimes Last but not least, in this thesis are described possibilities of pastoral care for victims of chosen crimes and for more vulnerable victims as children, elderly people and relatives of crime victims.
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The injured party in criminal procedure and his/her protection
Kadlčíková, Eva ; Jelínek, Jiří (advisor) ; Vanduchová, Marie (referee)
The injured party in criminal procedure and his/her protection The purpose of my thesis is to analyse position of the injured party and his/her rights in Czech criminal procedure and to highlight changes which will be brought to rights of injured party by The Victim of Crime Act. This thesis is divided into five chapters. The first chapter briefly introduces the historical evolution of legal regulation of the injured party position in criminal procedure in the territory of the current Czech Republic. Next chapter is concerned with the term "injured party" in the current legal regulation. This part of thesis is especially focused on the need to differentiate between the terms "the injured party" and "victim of crime". The third chapter contains a crucial part of my thesis - it deals with the injured party position in criminal procedure and his/her rights. The chapter is composed of six subchapters. The first subchapter addresses the issue of general interpretation of procedural position of injured party in the Czech Criminal Procedure Code. Next subchapter shifts the focus to two categories of injured parties in criminal proceedings (the first category is the party of adhesion procedure with special rights, the other one is not). The third subchapter describes the procedural rights which are granted...
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On the New Definition of Injured Party’s Fiduciary
Šámal, P. ; Škvain, Petr
Regarding adoption of the Act No. 45/2013 Coll., Victim of Crime Act, was also conducted extensive amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure, which among others significantly affected the position of the injured party in the criminal proceedings. The most significant changes, however, were made in regulating of the legal status of the representative of the injured. The purpose of this paper is not only to give information with respect to the changes in the legislation, but also to stimulate discussion on some particular issues which will be probably the subject of interest in the future of the courts and subsequently other possible legislative changes.
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