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Educational Measures imposed on a juvenile offender
BURCAROVÁ, Božena
In 2004, Act No. 218/2003 Coll. came into force; it is an act on the liability for unlawful acts of juveniles and on judiciary concerning juveniles and amending some laws, called in a shortened form the "Act of Judiciary Concerning Juveniles". This act significantly modified the position of juvenile offenders and there was a change in approach to juvenile offenders. The law defined many new concepts, including the concept of educational, protective and criminal measures. It determined new forms of measures imposed on juvenile offenders. The objective of the new legislation is to prevent juvenile crime through educational measures, especially through the right actions and directing their future life and thus to support and ensure their proper upbringing. This thesis entitled ?Educational Measures imposed on a juvenile offender? deals with the cooperation of institutions entering the preparatory criminal proceedings for juvenile offenders in the former district of Český Krumlov. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first section entitled "Current status" deals with theoretical knowledge. I describe the various institutions and their functions in preparatory proceedings for juvenile offenders and individual educational measures, which may be imposed on a juvenile offender during preparatory criminal proceedings. The second part is devoted to processing the results of the research. The research objective of the thesis was to find out about the effects of individual institutions on juvenile offenders and their influence in imposing educational measures in preparatory criminal proceedings. From the carried-out interviews and analysis of documents, I summed up, in the chapter entitled "Results", the process of working with young offenders in imposing educational measures in individual institutions. It can be summed up that the largest share in imposing educational measures is in the Probation and Mediation Service of the Czech Republic, the centre in Český Krumlov. The other institutions only inform young offenders on the possibility of imposing educational measures only to the extent necessary, without further educational activities. This part of the thesis also discusses a possible procedure that is, in my view, preferable in dealing with juvenile crime offenders. This thesis can serve to the individual institutions involved in criminal proceedings concerning juvenile offenders as well as the general public.
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Criminal activity of the juvenile offenders
ZBORNÍKOVÁ, Kateřina
The theoretical part of my thesis focuses on explaining the concepts, including definition of responsibilities, and on development of work with offenders from retributive to restorative justice. It deals with the characteristics of youth crime, in particular by biological factors, age, gender, family and education. The practical part of my thesis utilises the methods of quantitative and qualitative combined research. The techniques included semi-standardised interviews completed with a non-aligned observation and secondary and content analysis of data from the files. The research sample consisted of clients of the Probation and Mediation Service in České Budějovice, who committed a criminal act in teen age. The research mostly focused on theft, quiet, whole and functional family background and students of the Secondary Technology and Automobile School in České Budějovice. The research has shown that young offenders are happy not to be in prison, and that they do not have sufficient legal awareness. All the set objectives have been achieved. Two of initial three hypotheses were confirmed, one was not. Hypotheses specified on the basis of research are: 1.) the most frequent motive of juvenile offenders to commit a criminal act is a sudden ?straying?, 2.) students of the Secondary Technology and Automobile School in České Budějovice, Skuherského Street 3, are the most common perpetrators of criminal acts in the district of České Budějovice, 3.) actively cooperating clients of the Probation and Mediation Service in České Budějovice are the most likely that the court would conditionally stop their prosecutions, and 4.) adolescents have low legal awareness. The thesis can be utilised for processing in professional magazines and publications or for the needs of further research, bachelor, diploma and other scientific works. Another possible use I see for the needs of practical application within the prevention of crime and for teaching purposes.
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