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The Punishment of House Arrest as a Form of the Offender's Rectification Using Technical Means.
HANZALÍKOVÁ, Lucie
The aim of thesis entitled "The punishment of house arrest as a form of the offender's rectification using technical means" (hereinafter referred to as "electronic bracelets") was to find out the contribution of electronic bracelets in the execution of house arrest punishment. In the theoretical part, the issue of house arrest was defined. The practical part was focused on the research. The research questions were answered in the practical part. Advantages and disadvantages of electronic bracelets compared to a random inspection performed by PMS staff was the first research question. The second research question was whether the contribution of electronic bracelets in the execution of house arrest sentence is at a level corresponding to current European trends. The qualitative research strategy and the method of questioning with the technique of semi-structured interview were chosen for the research. The content analysis of documents was also used. The data obtained from the interviews were processed using grounded theory and one level of coding (open coding) was used. The data obtained from the content analysis of documents were processed using graphs andstatistical index. The research set was selected by purposeful sampling and consisted of 10 informants from the Probation and Mediation Service in the South Bohemian Region. At the beginning of interview, all informants were informed about the process and anonymity of this research. From the research it can be concluded that the benefit of electronic bracelets for the execution of house arrest is their effectiveness and 100% control of convicted offender. Thanks to electronic bracelets, state funds have been saved and the staff of electronic monitoring system department knows exactly when and where the convict is located. The research has shown that the biggest advantage of electronic bracelet over a random check performed by PMS employees is the online monitoring of convict 24 hours a day. On the other hand, the disadvantage of electronic bracelet compared to the random inspection performed by PMS staff is the greater deployment regarding technical conditions and less frequent personal contact. Respondents stated that electronicbracelets, despite their operational shortcomings, correspond to the level of current European trends in the execution of house arrest. The thesis can contribute as an information material for offender convicted toward the house arrest. The thesis can be recommended as an auxiliary material for university students in the field of social law and also for future and current employees of the Probation and Mediation Service.
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Punishment of house arrest, its execution and control
Šárka, Jakub ; Tlapák Navrátilová, Jana (advisor) ; Galovcová, Ingrid (referee)
Punishment of house arrest, its execution and control Abstract This thesis deals with the punishment of house arrest. It describes the legal regulation of this punishment, further evaluates the practice and draws attention to the shortcomings. The thesis first defines the Czech system of punishments imposed for criminal offenses and describes the position of the punishment of house arrest in this system and its relationship to other punishments. The thesis further analyzes the substantive legislation of the punishment of house arrest in the Criminal Code, explains the ambiguities in the regulation and tries to recommend changes that could benefit this regulation. Moreover, the thesis deals with the legal regulation of the conversion of a punishment of house arrest sentence into a custodial sentence, which occurs when the execution of the punishment of house arrest sentence is violated. In addition, it deals with the legal regulation of the conversion of other punishments into the punishment of house arrest, draws attention to its shortcomings and proposes changes. In addition to the substantive legislation, the work also describes the execution of punishment of house arrest and all related cases where the punishment of house arrest cannot be executed. Furthermore, in this work, two ways of control of the...
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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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