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The Tasks of Probation and Mediation Service in Serving Alternative Sentences
Herinková, Kamila ; Vanduchová, Marie (advisor) ; Gřivna, Tomáš (referee)
At present time the most of developed countries are seeking alternatives to unconditional sentence of imprisonment. In serving alternative sentences to unconditional sentence of imprisonment the Probation and Medition Service has its particular role. The description of PMS and its activities in ensuring and controlling the serving alternative sentences is the central issue of this thesis. The PMS was found in 2001 by the act No. 257/2000, Collection. The content of this work is composed of the interpretation of contents of the restorative justice, the probation and the mediation, the characterization of the PMS and its activities in focus of the ensuring and controlling the serving alternative sentences. We can find there also the view of the legislature of the probation and mediation services in France and the analyses of the PMS activities in last 5 years. This work is based on the theoretical knowledge as well as the knowledge and informations from probational officers acquired during the consultations in the center of PMS situated in Prague and Jihlava.
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Drug Courts: A Comparison of Approaches to the Prosecuted Ones for Drug-Related Crimes in Belgium and Czech Republic
Černíková, Tereza ; Fidesová, Hana (advisor) ; Štefunková, Michaela (referee)
Background: Following the model of the drug treatment courts in USA, this institute is applied in some European countries as well, which is the direction the Czech justice could proceed. Due to the similarities in the system of care for drug users and demographic situations, this paper compares the approaches to prosecuted ones for drug law offenses in the Czech Republic to Belgium, where drug treatment courts already exist. Aims: The aim of this work is to compare approaches to the prosecuted ones for drug law offenses in the Czech Republic and Belgium, and to propose appropriate solutions or research in this area for the Czech Republic. Methods: The method of analysis is used while studying literature and documents. A method of comparison compares the drug scene, system of an addictological care and drug- related crimes in both countries. Furthermore compares approaches to the prosecuted ones for drug offenses in the Czech Republic and Belgium, especially alternatives and their use in practice. Results: In Belgium, there are significantly more used alternatives in the earlier stages of the criminal proceedings than the courts. The biggest difference, however, is the existence of the project Proefzorg (the level of a criminal prosecution) and drug treatment court (court proceeding) in Belgium,...
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Benefits of output department in the prison Rýnovice
Selner, Martin ; Šotolová, Eva (advisor) ; Mlčková, Marie (referee)
Work is to briefly outline some of the specifics of the sentence relating to the main theme of the work, ie the output department Rýnovice. Readers should give an idea of the output separately as such, including an overview of where they are located. The main purpose of this work is to describe the output department but Rýnovice characterize it, and assess its purpose and meaning. Marginally work should mention the specialized departments in Rýnovice, so that underscore the importance of individual care for prisoners. Conclusion The work should address the follow-up care, specifically the Probation and Mediation Service, which should be reflected in its organizational anchorage, its activity and purpose, and the rights and obligations of their employees. Keywords: prison, Rýnovice specialist departments, output departments, Probation and Mediation Service
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Activities of the Probation and Madiation Service of alternative sentences
Konečný, Roman ; Cejp, Martin (advisor) ; Vávra, Martin (referee)
1 Abstract Thesis deals with the implementation of elements of restorative justice in the Czech criminal law, especially in the prison system. The work identifies and analyzes the basic problems of the Czech prison system and their impacts on public policies in the Czech Republic, especially overcrowding of jails, and the way, how the state, and especially through the Probation and Mediation Service, solves this problem. This work analyzes, how successful is the implementation of alternative punishments, what tools the state has to reducing the number of people in prisons and how to reduce overcrowding in jails. In the work I also identify the role of the Probation and Mediation Service in the issue of alternative sanctions. In the work I also suggest, how to solve these problems.
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Conditional Sentences to Imprisonment with Supervision - Its Application and Practice of Performance in Terms of the Probation and Mediation Service
Grofová, Renata ; Válková, Helena (advisor) ; Dragomirecká, Eva (referee)
GROFOVÁ, Renata. Conditional Sentences to Imprisonment with Supervision - Its Application and Practice of Performance in Terms of the Probation and Mediation Service. Praha: Faculty of Arts of Charles University, 2013. 82 s. Master Degree Thesis. The aim of the Master's thesis is to ascertain how the supervision of conditionally convicted persons is applied and fulfilled. The theoretical part of the thesis analyses the system of the various forms of punishment. The key part of the thesis focuses on Suspended Sentences with surveillance and the application in practice of this form of punishment. The thesis also includes a chapter about the Probation and Mediation Service. The practical part describes the process of examination and the evaluations of the results. The last part of the thesis contains an evaluation of the gained findings and a proposal how to streamline the above mentioned form of sentence in order to make it more effective. The research methods chosen are a research questionnaire survey and the analysis of records. The research sample was compiled out of the employees of the Probation and Mediation Service in Prague and the files on record of the Probation and Mediation Service in Prague. Key words: criminal penalty, Probation and Mediation Service, supervision, criminal offense, offender
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Post-penitentiary treatment and prevention of recidivism
Kodlová, Ivana ; Gřivna, Tomáš (advisor) ; Herczeg, Jiří (referee)
Post-penitentiary treatment and prevention of recidivism The submitted thesis deals with the problems of prevention of recidivism and post- penitentiary treatment in the Czech legal regulation, and its structure is divided into three main spheres, which are successively analyzed. The first chapter, in its part consisting of four opening subchapters, defines the term recidivism as it is understood in different branches of science dealing with criminal activity. The following subchapter briefly summarizes the main possible reasons of recidivism. Focus point of the thesis lies in the second and the third chapter, where is the main issue of the thesis specified. The second chapter deals with the prevention of recidivism, and the possibilities provided by the Czech criminal law to educative impingement on the offender of the criminal activity. The most expansive part of this chapter focuses on the problems of penitentiary treatment in the Czech Republic within the scope of imprisonment, and accent is placed on the manner of enforcement and serving the imprisonment, as programs of treatment providing educative influence on the sentenced. In the following subchapters, the possibilities of alternative penalties, alternatives of punishments, and the different ways of execution of the criminal cases are...
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Supervision of a probation officer over criminal irresponsible children
Řeháková, Lenka ; Válková, Helena (advisor) ; Tomko, Anton (referee)
Diploma thesis "Supervision of a probation officer over criminal irresponsible children" deals with juvenile delinquency, juvenile justice law adaptation for criminal responsible children younger 15 years of age and concerns with the ways by which society can react to the juvenile delinquency according to valid law adaptation. In its theoretical part this thesis focuses on definition of the keywords such are 'child', 'age limits of criminal responsibility', 'delinquency'. Thesis includes also description of juvenile delinquency as such where the law adaptation related to this issue is taken into consideration as well as the discipline precautions which can be ordered by court of law as a reaction to the unlawful behaviour. The goal of the practical part is to map the obstacles which discourage effective usage of discipline precautions supervision of a probation Office and suggest possible solving. The analytical part of the thesis was realised by two techniques, namely, questioning technique and document analysis.
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Home arrest in the first year of the effectiveness of the new Criminal Code. First experience of the application practice, compared with the treatment and practice in Germany
Krchňavá, Zuzana ; Válková, Helena (advisor) ; Hulmáková, Jana (referee)
This thesis deals with home arrest, its legal regulation in the new Criminal Code of the Czech Republic and its application practice in the first year of effectiveness, taking into account the amendment of this regulation in the second year of effectiveness and at the same time providing a comparison with the treatment and practice in Germany. For a better understanding of the topic, the thesis introduces at the beginning the new division of criminal offences according to their seriousness and the system of sanctions brought up by the new Criminal Code. The thesis then deals with home arrest as a new alternative punishment; the aim of alternative punishments is outlined and the historical regulations on the home arrest are stated there for the sake of interest. The main part of this thesis is represented by chapters dealing with legal regulations on home arrest and its execution, taking into account the recent amendment of this law. After that, the thesis deals in detail with controlling the home arrest execution by the Czech Probation and Mediation Service workers and with shortcomings of the controlling resulting from the missing electronic monitoring. In the following part, treatment and practice of home arrest in Germany is described as compared to the legal regulations in the Czech Republic....
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House Arrest Punishment, Its Execution and Control
Matějková, Martina ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (advisor) ; Herczeg, Jiří (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyse the legal issues of the sentence of house arrest. The author deals with the importance of house arrest for restorative justice, the role of this sentence among alternative sanctions to imprisonment and the legislation in the Czech Republic in her thesis. She also focuses on the history of house arrest, experience from abroad and the advantages and disadvantages of this punishment. Part of the work is devoted to the Probation and Mediation Service and Electronic monitoring.
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The opinions of law enforcement authorities to institute of the probation and mediation service in the Czech legal system
Kohoutková, Eva ; Cejp, Martin (advisor) ; Rozum, Jan (referee)
This thesis is concentrated on the detection and evaluation of views and experience of the institutions active in criminal procedure, namely the representatives of district courts, district prosecutions, municipal police departments of the Czech Republic and the Penitentiary of the Czech Republic. Furthermore, it deals with the position of the Probation and Mediation Service in the Czech legal system and its integration into criminal justice system. This domain is examined under three defined indicators: abbreviation of procedure, decrease of prison population and the impact of the social work implementation in justice on the offender resocialization. The investigated area was selected on the basis of study practices executed in the Probation and Mediation Service departments in Jablonec na Nisou and in Liberec, in the Prison Rýnovice and also partly by reading of expert essays, in which the results of researches concentrated on these areas are evaluated very contrarily. To achieve the objectives of the study was used a case study on probation centers in Jablonec nad Nisou and Liberec, the results were compared with a nationwide questionnaire survey.
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