UPPVPP028 Social Pathology II

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Magda Hermanová (lecturer)
doc. PhDr. Jitka Skopalová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Magda Hermanová (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jitka Skopalová, Ph.D.
Institute of Pedagogical and Psychological Sciences – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
LECTURE The course is directly based on information from the subject of Social Pathology I, it introduces a wider range of topics about other socio-pathological problems with the defining of the specific display of socio-pathological phenomena. Emphasis is put on the causes, dynamics and consequences from the point of their negative impacts on society and individuals. The interdisciplinary nature of teaching and learning is maintained. Current scientific knowledge in sociology, psychiatry, forensic psychiatry and psychology, social psychology, psychotherapy, law, criminology, penology, addictology etc. is mainly used SEMINAR The main purpose of the seminar, which immediately follows the subject of Social Pathology II., is to identify issues of social pathology in the practice and the ability to work independently with literature and information in general, especially in processing the seminar work on selected issues and their presentation in the seminar. In this course, students receive information on the practical functioning of governmental and nongovernmental organizations, which professionally solve socio-pathological problems.
Syllabus
  • LECTURE
    1. Prostitution and pornography as a social problem.
    2. Sexual deviance, sexual aggression and its impact on the society.
    3. Non-alcohol drugs, psychopathology of addiction as a social problem.
    4. Alcohol Drugs, psychopathology of addiction from the point of the impact on society.
    5. Crime and Drugs.
    6. Impulsive and addictive disorders as a social problem.
    7. Treatment of addiction (options, institutions, treatment).
    8. Impact of sects and mental manipulation.
    9. Political extremism and radicalism.
    10. Multiple killings
    SEMINAR
    1. "Hooligans" as a specific form of vandalism.
    2. Gangs - the result of social marginalization.
    3. Addiction- the only priority of life.
    4. Disease from addiction (medical, psychological and medical approach).
    5. Mechanisms of religious sects and issues of inclusion of former members of the sects into the society.
    6. The negative social impacts of the expansion of organized crime.
    7. Political extremism in the Czech Republic after 1989.
    8. The background of the political extremism with other socio-pathological phenomena.
    9. The role and importance of NGOs in the solving of social problems of the Roma ethnic group and others.
    10. Unemployment and its socio-pathological effects.
    11. The causes of homelessness and its socio-pathological aspects.
    12. Squatting - lifestyle or social pathology?
    13. The influence of mass media on the value orientation of young generation.
    14. Specifics of serial murder.
    15. Free Topic (needs teacher's approval).
Literature
    required literature
  • ČÍRTKOVÁ, L. Moderní psychologie pro právníky. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-2207. info
  • KOVÁŘ, P. a kol. Sexuální agrese. Praha: Maxdorf, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-320-8. info
  • KALINA, K. a kol. Základy klinické adiktologie. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-1411-0. info
  • CHARVÁT, J. Současný politický extremismus a radikalismus. Praha: Portál, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7367-098-6. info
  • GILLERNOVÁ, I., BOUKALOVÁ, H., et al. Vybrané kapitoly z kriminalistické psychologie. Praha: Karolinum, 2006. ISBN 80-246-1293-3. info
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. Praha: Portál, 2004. ISBN 80-7178-802-3. info
  • WEISS, P. Sexuální deviace. Praha: Portál, 2002. ISBN 80-7178-634-9. info
  • MATOUŠEK, O., KROFTOVÁ, A. Mládež a delikvence. Praha: Portál, 1998. ISBN 80-7178-226-2. info
    recommended literature
  • JANULA, J., WEISS, P. Diagnóza deviant. Praha: Alberta Plus. ISBN 80-85792-14-1. info
  • MILFAIT, R. Komerční sexualizované násilí na dětech. Praha: Portál, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7367-320-8. info
  • MIOVSKÝ, M. a kol. Konopí a konopné drogy. Adiktologické kompendium. Praha: Grada, 2008. ISBN 978-80-247-0865-2. info
  • VANÍČKOVÁ, E. Dětská prostituce. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2218-4. info
  • ČÍRTKOVÁ, P., VITOUŠOVÁ, P. a kol. Pomoc obětem ( a svědkům ) trestných činů. Praha: Grada, 2007. ISBN 978-80-247-2014-2. info
  • NOŽINA, M. Mezinárodní organizovaný zločin v ČR. Praha: Themis, 2003. ISBN 80-7312-018-6. info
  • CHMELÍK, J. a kol. Mravnost, pornografie, a mravnostní kriminalita. Praha: Portál, 2003. ISBN 80-7178-739-6. info
  • PAVLOVSKÝ, P. a kol. Soudní psychiatrie a psychologie. Praha: Grada, 2001. ISBN 80-247-0181-2. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
The test - preparation of materials from lectures and required reading
Credit for full-time study form - the presentation and submission of an essay (the topic should be of a wide range of social pathology, by using professional literature, of the length of 10 to 12 pages), completion of other activities in the workshops, attendance
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2011, Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019.
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