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Criminalistic theory of a crime victim (criminalistic victimology)
Konvičková, Hana ; Musil, Jan (advisor) ; Krupička, Jiří (referee)
Criminalistic study of crime victims (criminalistic victimology) In this thesis I try to briefly outline some of the most important issues and topics concerning criminalistic victimology. I address both how the victim affects the crime itself and its investigation, but also how the crime investigation affects the victim. When investigating a specific criminal act, there are two major conflicting goals we try to achieve; to investigate as thoroughly and effectively as we can, and to avoid secondary victimization of the victim. Both professional and attentive approach is vital to criminalistics as a whole, not just criminalistic victimology. A successful investigation depends in many cases greatly on whether and how the victim cooperates, and that in turn depends on how the victims and the general public view the police, the courts, and other criminal justice authorities. It is therefore necessary to understand the victim, to comprehend their role in the formation of the criminal act, and to ensure their confidence in the criminal justice. This thesis opens with a brief summary of the subject's history, afterwards it explains the key concepts and expressions found in the paper. It then carries on to deal with the victim's part in the creation and preservation of evidence and in reporting the criminal act. The...
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Criminalistic Study of Crime Victims (Criminalistic Victimology)
Fereš, David ; Musil, Jan (advisor) ; Krupička, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to briefly introduce criminalistic victimology and characterise victim of a crime. Text is composed of six chapters, concerning different aspects of the topic. First two deal with the science of criminalistic victimology. Following two examine role of victim during criminal investigation according to criminalistic victimology. Last two chapters reflect position of victim in contemporary czech criminal law. The first chapter defines basic terminology used in criminalistic victimology, different to terms of criminal law. The second chapter documents origins and evolution of criminalistic victimology and its place among related disciplines. The third chapter is focused on the object of criminalistic victimology, i.e. victim's role in criminal investigation. It is further divided in nine parts examining relation of victim and offender, victim's role in genesis of criminal situation, victim as originator and carrier of forensic evidence, significance of victim for criminal investigation, victim as crime reporter and witness with focus on question of credibility, participation of victim during other investigative measures and finally expert examination of victim. The fourth chapter concentrates on the issue of secondary harm caused by inappropriate behaviour towards victim during...
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Forensic Handwriting Examination
Stehlík, Matěj ; Konrád, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Krupička, Jiří (referee)
Forensic Handwriting Examination The aim of this thesis is to introduce the Forensic handwriting examination as one of the disciplines of Forensic identification, to describe its methods and procedures, and to demonstrate them on specific examples. The aim of the practical part of the thesis is to apply the findings described in the theoretical part of the thesis to the handwriting examination carried out by the author of the thesis, to experimentally verify some of hypotheses presented in the thesis, such as the influence of various factors on the handwriting of an individual, and to examine the most frequent methods of deliberate alteration of one's handwriting. The first chapter of the thesis is focused on the definition of the term "Handwriting Examination", on a brief examination of the history of this branch of forensic science, and on the analysis of its relations to other fields of forensic science, especially to the graphology. The following chapter describes the procedure of establishing one's handwriting habits, the influence of the Czech handwriting system taught to children, and some of the internal and external factors which influence one's handwriting. The third chapter examines the major subject matters of handwriting examination, describes several specific attributes of letters,...
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The Determination of Modus Operandi
Vraníková, Monika ; Musil, Jan (advisor) ; Krupička, Jiří (referee)
The purpose of my thesis is to provide description of modus operandi. Specifically it is focusing on determining factors and their influence on modus operandi. It is divided into seven main chapters. Theory is supplemented with examples of forensic practice. The first chapter is providing the description of term modus operandi. This section is also including the part dealing with terminology. Following chapter is about components of modus operandi. The components are divided by their character and their degree of complexity. The third section is dealing with determination in general. The thesis continues by two chapters describing the determinants of modus operandi. The first section is analysis of objective determinants and the following part is about subjective factors. Section of determination is devoted an immense part of my thesis. The sixth chapter is describing mechanisms of formation modus operandi. Conclusion is dealing with forensic significance of modus operandi, concretely the significance for creation of investigative versions, forensic record "modus operandi systém", forensic identification and also for forensic prevention.
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Methods of investigation of murders (selected issues)
Mareš, David ; Štourač, Petr (advisor) ; Konrád, Zdeněk (referee)
This diploma thesis addresses the issues of the murder investigation methodology. It is divided systematically into four chapters. First three chapters may be perceived by the reader as the fundamentals of the thesis aiming at contextualizing and highlighting the final chapter which bears the core ideas and findings. Chapter One deals with crime against life from the perspective of the criminal law in the Czech Republic. An account of legal definitions of murder, manslaughter and murder of a new-born infant by its mother, as defined in the Criminal Code, is offered in the chapter. Certain features of the constituent elements of those crimes are compared and commented on in greater detail. Chapter Two presents murder in view of criminology and includes the statistical data regarding the intentional homicide rate within the Czech Republic. As for the statistical data, it is predominantly recent and up-to-date. However, there may also be included statistical data gathered over an extended period of time which better demonstrate the dynamics of crime development. To enable the reader to understand the data, a series of graphs and charts is provided as well. Chapter Three looks at criminology per se and at its classification into subcategories. This chapter also considers the methodology of...
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Methods of investigation of murders (selected issues)
Saňáková, Ivana ; Musil, Jan (advisor) ; Krupička, Jiří (referee)
The thesis "Methodology of Investigation of Murders (selected issues)" deals only with the selected aspects of the methodology of this crime. Since the topic is too broad, it is not within the author's possibilities to cover the topic completely while working on this thesis. For this reason, only selected points of view on the investigation of this serious crime are discussed in details. The thesis is divided into two main chapters. The first chapter is devoted to the introduction to this topic. The initial subchapter provides a wider view of crime murder from the perspective of criminal law. It also describes the legal regulation providing the basic human right, specifically the right to life, as stated in the Czech legal order, including the documents at European or international level as well. The second subchapter deals with the physical as well as fault elements of this crime. The whole chapter is interwoven with historical aspects and background, while the author also comes with the comparison of current legislation with the previous one. The following subchapter contains the comparison of this crime with the similar crimes, particularly manslaughter, infanticide, negligent homicide and also the participation in suicide. In the next section, current statistics about the quantity of murders in...
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Methods of investigation of murders (selected issues)
Hájková, Nikola ; Musil, Jan (advisor) ; Konrád, Zdeněk (referee)
This diploma thesis is devoted to the investigation methodology of murders. The main emphasis is given to the procedure of the police authority within the investigation of murders. Since this topic is very extensive and the methodology comprises of the great amount of activities, I dedicate this diploma thesis only to the selected areas thereof. The first chapter describes the specification of the crimes against life, in particular legal regulation and related aspects. I focused on the legal regulation in Czech law with respect to a crime of murder, homicide and murder of a new born by its mother. Only marginal attention is given to a crime of negligent manslaughter and a crime of assisting with suicide. The second chapter comprises of the statistics of the committed murders. I analyse the statistics of the numbers of murders committed within the European Union, the Czech Republic and the Ústí region. Another part of the thesis is theoretically orientated. I concentrate on the criminalistics characteristic of a murder and the fundamental aspects thereof - the mode of committing a crime, the personality of a murderer, the personality of a victim and a criminal motive. The following chapter forms the crucial part the diploma thesis in which I analyse typical investigation situations, in particular in...
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Methods of investigation of murders : (selected issues)
Dostálová, Hana ; Konrád, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Musil, Jan (referee)
The theme of the thesis is the Methodology of Investigation of Murders. According to the scope of that theme the author concentrated only on selected issues. The first chapter includes the overview of the Czech and foreign literature related to the theme of the thesis. The second chapter covers some of the legal aspects of crimes against live, as they are enumerated in the Czech Criminal Code. The purpose of this chapter is to emphasize the link between the investigation of muders as a criminalistic discipline and the criminal law. This chapter concerns crimes as murder, manslaughter, infanticide, killing of negligence and participation on suicide, including current statistical data with regard to the quantity of murders within the area of the Czech Republic. The third chapter concerns the criminalistic characteristic of the murder, which consists of the modus operandi, the character of the perpetrator, the character of the victim and the motive. The next chapters follow the specifics of particular phases of the metodology of investigation of murders, as they are described in the leading Czech professional literature, concretely typical traces, typical investigation situations, specifics of the object of the investigation and specifics of the impetuses for investigation. The core of the thesis lies...
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Use of Biological Methods in Criminology
Müllerová, Nikola ; Pavlasová, Lenka (advisor) ; Ehler, Edvard (referee)
Criminology is a science dealing with the protection of citizens and state from infringement. Criminology uses mostly biological or genetic methods for crime detection. Forensic traces which are collected by forensic experts on the scene are the key items of those methods. Forensic genetics is among the most important forensic subdisciplines. Forensic genetics uses DNA analysis for identification. The main aims of this study are description and importance of biological, anthropological and genetic methods in criminology, different ways of forensic identification, division and collection of forensic traces, characterization and course of forensic DNA analysis and DNA profiling. Key words Criminology, forensic methods, forensic identification, forensic trace, forensic biology, anthropology and genetics, information systems, forensic DNA analysis, DNA profile.
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Methods of investigation of murders (selected issues)
Polívková, Lucie ; Štourač, Petr (advisor) ; Krupička, Jiří (referee)
in English The topic of the thesis is the " The Methodology of Investigation of Murders (selected issues)". The topic is too broad for the limited capacity of the dissertation. While writing the thesis, after the necessary theoretical introduction (which contains the definition of crimes against life, medical definition of death, etc.), I focused only on the initial stage of the investigation of the crime of murder. I specifically focused on the discovery of the body, on securing the crime scene, on autopsy and on the demarcation of investigative versions. Next stage of the investigation is only briefly summarized in the ninth chapter. The thesis is divided into ten chapters. The first chapter explains basic terms, especially murder, murder of a newborn baby by its mother and other crimes against life, such as manslaughter, negligent homicide and assistance to suicide. This chapter also includes medical definition of death, and a brief description of the post-mortem changes. The second chapter consists of brief statistics on the number of murders in the Czech Republic between the periods 2000 to 2012. It contains two graphs; the first graph shows the evolution of the total number of murders each year and their solving. The second graph divides murders according to the specific motives. The third...
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