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Crime Reporting and its Significance in Criminology
Urxová, Dominika ; Hořák, Jaromír (advisor) ; Pelc, Vladimír (referee)
Crime Reporting and its Criminological Significance Abstract The subject of this thesis is the interdisciplinary issue of crime reporting and related latent criminality, especially from the criminological, victimological and criminal-positive perspective. The diploma thesis is divided into four parts that as a whole are intended to answer the question whether the Czech legislation is sufficiently effective in contributing to the achievement of low figures of latent criminality. The first part is devoted to the definition of the key concepts of this thesis and the question of what are the most common factors determining the decision of certain persons to report a crime to law enforcement authorities. The answers to this question are then provided mainly by the examination of the fields of criminology and victimology. In the second part I examine in detail the criminal law regulation of the institution of crime reporting. This part contains chapters on the procedure prior to the initiation of a criminal prosecution, the filing of a criminal complaint itself and its significance, and the actions of law enforcement authorities related to the filing of a criminal complaint. In this part I also deal with the issue of the general and special obligation to report, the institutes of the Criminal Procedure Code...
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Criminal Complaints and its Significance in Criminology
Pipek, Tomáš ; Hořák, Jaromír (advisor) ; Pelc, Vladimír (referee)
Criminal Complaints and its Significance in Criminology Abstract Criminal reporting is the most important source of initial information on criminal offences for law enforcement authorities. The number of filed criminal complaints and the willingness of the public to report crimes affect the number of initiated criminal proceedings, prosecutions and convicted offenders, i.e., the fight of the state (or society) against crime, directly. The institute of criminal complaints is examined in terms of law, criminology, sociology, and psychology. Finally, the real role of criminal complaints in the fight against crime is identified through statistics. The topic of the thesis is the criminological significance of reporting crimes. Within the thesis, the concept of criminal complaints is introduced and legally classified as a way in which the law enforcement authorities learn about the facts indicating that a crime has been committed. The requirements of the criminal complaint and the consequences of any formal and content deficiencies are mentioned, too. There are also discussed the obligations to make and receive a criminal complaint, the procedure, and ways of settlement, but also to the unlawful acts which the reporters may commit when making criminal complaints. The thesis also pays attention to the reporters...
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