FVPAA008 Selected Chapters in Penology

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2021
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 8 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Igor Hendrych, Ph.D. (lecturer)
PhDr. Igor Hendrych, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Igor Hendrych, Ph.D.
Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Contact Person: Mgr. Jana Bortlíková
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
The aim of the course is to provide elementary information about the branch on the background of current state of Czech penal system and its implementation in European context. The students will be introduced with respective legal arrangement, organisational structure of Prison Service of the Czech republic, current issues of prison staff and other questions of penitentiary theory and practice. The course will comprise also practical visit of prison institution. The lectures are followed by experiential exercises in the seminar where the basic skills needed for penitential practice are developed. It is required that students manifest the ability to understand the presentation of media-published criminal cases, or current topics of the Czech prison service, always referring to a comparison with the theory of punishment and other areas of the penitential theory according to scientific literature. Active participation in seminars is required which is assessed based on relevant suggestions regarding the presentations of other students.
Syllabus
  • 1. Philosophy and targets of punishment of imprisonment
    2. Prison service of the Czech republic
    3. European prison rules
    4. Legal arrangement of execution of custody
    5. Legal arrangement of execution of sentence
    6. Realization of laws of imprisoned in execution of imprisonment
    7. Excursion to prison
    8. Effectiveness of imprisonment sentence
    9. Summary, termination of the course
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2018.
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