UVSRPV0137 Probation, Mediation and Social Work in Criminal Law

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Igor Hendrych, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Petr Zahnaš
Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The course comprises the presentation of philosophical and historical way outs of alternative solutions of criminal affairs and concept of restorative justice. The students will be explained the elementary terms, used in probation and mediation and the law frame of usage of alternative processes in the frame of probation activities and alternative punishments will be presented, including international comparison of probation and mediation systems in context of European Union. The students will gain theoretical knowledge and practical skills of Probation and Mediation Service as a specific field of social work, they will learn the base, theoretical way outs and possibilities of use of mediation in alternative mediation of conflict solving connected to criminal activity. The course is closely connected to courses law, social work and social policy.
Syllabus
  • 1. Philosophical way outs of alternative solution of criminal affairs, term delimitation
    2. Base and meaning of alternative punishments, historical development of mediation of alternative solving of criminal affairs. Overall approach, alternative solution of criminal affairs in the system of criminal law
    3. Law frame of alternative solving of criminal affairs - constitution-law, subject-law and process way outs; criminal law, criminal order, act on Probation and mediation service
    4. Offence, concept of offense as a conflict, Offender and victim, coactions of Probation and Mediation service with organs active in criminal process
    5. Law consequences of offence, punishments and defensive policies. Punishment, function of punishment, importance of punishment, types of punishment, the course of various sentence
    6. Subject-law alternatives for punishment, alternative punishments. Various types of alternative punishments connected with probation activity. Comparison of practice in the Czech republic and other European countries.
    7. Methods of work of probation activities, concepts of control and help, social services in criminal justice. Processing of base for authorities active in criminal process
    8. Issue of parole. Work with sentenced to imprisonment, preparation for decision regarding conditioned release
    9. Alternative means of solving criminal affairs and deviations from standard criminal process. Comparison of practice in the Czech republic and other European countries.
    10. Mediation as alternative form of fulfilling criminal justice. Base of mediation, possibilities of use, structure of mediation process in criminal process, mediation way outs. Composition of base for authorities active in criminal process.
    11. Accused and aggrieved in process of alternative solving of criminal affair. Peculiarities of work in the frame of compensation for custody
    12. Specifics of work of probation of clerk with adolescents and under age
Literature
    required literature
  • Zákon č. 140/1961 Sb., trestní zákon ve znění pozdějších předpisů. info
  • Zákon č. 141/1961 Sb., o trestním řízení soudním (trestní řád) ve znění pozdějších předpisů. info
  • Zákon č 218/2003 Sb. o soudnictví ve věcech mládeže s komentářem. info
  • Zákon č. 257/2000 Sb., o Probační a mediační službě. info
  • ŠÁMAL, P. - KRÁL,V. - BAXA, J. - PÚRY, F. Trestní řád - komentář I., II. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2002. info
  • SOTOLÁŘ, A. - PÚRY, F. - ŠÁMAL, P. Alternativní řešení trestních věcí v praxi. Praha: C.H.Beck, 2000. info
  • ČERNÍKOVÁ, V. - MAKARIUSOVÁ, V. Sociální ochrana. Praha: Policejní akademie, 1998. info
Teaching methods
Interactive lecture
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Assessment methods
The analysis of student 's performance
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Besides participation in seminars, the composition of written seminar paper on assigned topic and presentation of opinions regarding given issue are required.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 1993, Winter 1994, Winter 1995, Winter 1996, Winter 1997, Winter 1998, Winter 1999, Winter 2000, Winter 2001, Winter 2002, Summer 2004, Winter 2004, Winter 2005, Winter 2006, Winter 2007, Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Winter 2011, Winter 2012, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Winter 2015, Winter 2016, Winter 2018.
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