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Current activities and problems of social work in Czech prisons
DUŠKOVÁ, Soňa
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to map in detail the current activities and problems of social work in the Czech prison system that occur during the exercise of this profession. At the same time, it aims to indicate what solutions the interviewed social workers propose to the given problems. Based on the study of theoretical background, two research questions were set. "What are the activities and workload of the social worker during the first contact with the convicted person, during the execution of the sentence and before or after the release of the convicted person from imprisonment? What problems do social workers encounter when performing social work in prisons and what solutions do they propose?" The thesis is divided into a theoretical and a practical part. The theoretical part includes a description of the Czech prison system in the twenty-first century, a depiction of social work and the specifics of social work in prisons. The practical part is based on qualitative research and the method of questioning, the technique of semi-structured interview. The total of eight semi-structured interviews were conducted with social workers working in the prison system, who were selected as the research population by the method of purposive sampling. The collected data was processed using open coding technique. The interviews were analyzed, and the interpretation of the obtained data revealed what activities social workers perform during the prisoner's stay in prison and what problems they face during their profession. The contribution of this thesis is a deeper insight into the issues of social work in the prison system. At the same time, the thesis presents the current activities of social workers and the problems that social workers are currently facing.
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Possibilities and limits of the work of an addictologist in the Prison Servise of the Czech Republic
Čtveráčková, Jana ; Volfová, Anna (advisor) ; Fidesová, Hana (referee)
Background: Substance use among people commiting crime has been an important issue for a long time. Since 2016, the Czech Prison Service (VSČR) has established the position of an addictionologist to provide expert addiction care in prisons using the same interventions and procedures that are used in civilian facilities. The position is classified under health services, but is expected to work closely with correctional and detention services. The conditions of work depend on each prison specifics. Aims: The research describes actual situation of addictologists employed in the Prison Service of the Czech Republic. Using sub-objectives, the author tried to find out the characteristics of people working as addictologists in the Prison Service, to describe their activities in the Prison Service system and to find out the addictologist's view on the perceived possibilities and limits of this position. Methods: The base file was selected using the total selection method. All the 10 employees who were employed in the Prison Service at the time of the research as addictocologists were contacted. The research sample consisted of 8 workers who were interested in research participation. A qualitative method of semi-structured interviews was used in order to collect data via online communication tools or by...
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Jack London, The Star Rover, Its Inspiration and Philosophical Content
SODOMKOVÁ, Kristýna
This bachelor thesis focuses on American naturalism and its beginnings. Further it outlines Jack London's biography and his major works. The biggest emphasis is laid on the analysis of the novel The Star Rover. It is analyzed from the view of philosophical content, conception of humanity, reincarnation, prisons, the brutality of a prison system, transcendence, the freedom of a human existence, and an unusual "astral theory".
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