VSFS:B_DK History of Criminalistics - Course Information

B_DK History of Criminalistics

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

PhDr. Markéta Flekácsová, LL.M. (seminar tutor)
JUDr. Petr Kovařík (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. PhDr. Jiří Straus, DrSc.
Department of Criminology and Forensic Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Franců

Timetable of Seminar Groups

B_DK/poKKV: each odd Thursday 8:45–9:29 KV301, each odd Thursday 9:30–10:15 KV301, each odd Thursday 10:30–11:14 KV301, each odd Thursday 11:15–12:00 KV301, P. Kovařík
B_DK/pxKPH: each odd Thursday 8:45–9:29 S01, each odd Thursday 9:30–10:15 S01, each odd Thursday 10:30–11:14 S01, each odd Thursday 11:15–12:00 S01, P. Kovařík
B_DK/vKKV: Sat 30. 9. 14:00–15:30 KV206, 15:45–17:15 KV206, Fri 3. 11. 14:00–15:30 KV204, 15:45–17:15 KV204, Fri 8. 12. 14:00–15:30 KV204, 15:45–17:15 KV204, M. Flekácsová
B_DK/vKPH: Fri 22. 9. 14:00–15:30 E228, 15:45–17:15 E228, Fri 20. 10. 14:00–15:30 S14, 15:45–17:15 S14, Fri 1. 12. 14:00–15:30 S14, 15:45–17:15 S14, P. Kovařík

Prerequisites

This course has no prerequisites

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.

Course objectives

The aim of the course is to acquire detailed knowledge about important personalities of criminology and important institutions influencing criminology. Students will gain knowledge about the historical development of criminology, criminological methods and forensic sciences. They will know important milestones in the development of world and Czech criminology, they will get acquainted with the overall development of criminology, especially they will get to know the Czechoslovak school and the historical development of criminology in connection with important milestones of this science.

Learning outcomes

The output of the course is the student's acquired knowledge demonstrated in the oral exam.

Syllabus

• 1. The beginnings of world and Czech criminology 2. Development of world criminology and forensic sciences in the Middle Ages 3. Development of Czech criminology and forensic sciences in the Middle Ages 4. Development of criminology in the period of the 18th and 19th centuries 5. Development of criminology in the 19th and 20th centuries 6. Historical beginnings of criminology methods in Czechoslovakia in the period 1918 - 1939 7. Personalities of criminology - Aplhonse Bertillon 8. Personalities of criminology - Francis Galton, Edmund Locard 9. Personalities of criminology - Hans Gross, Paul Uhlenhuth 10. Personalities of criminology - Jan Evangelista Purkyně 11. Personalities of criminology - Ladislav Havlíček, Josef Povondra 12. Development of contemporary criminology and perspectives of development from 1945 to the present

Literature

required literature
• STRAUS, J., VAVERA, F. a kol. Dějiny kriminalistiky. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2012, 297 s., ISBN 978-80-7380-370-4.
• KONRÁD, Zdeněk, Viktror PORADA, Jiří STRAUS a Jaroslav SUCHÁNEK. Kriminalistika. Teorie, metodologie a metody kriminalistické techniky. Druhé rozšířené vydání. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2021. 418 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-859-4.
• STRAUS, J., VAVERA, F. Slovník kriminalistických pojmů a osobností. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2010, 349 s., ISBN 978-80-7380-253-5.

Teaching methods

Theoretical preparation, lectures, seminars, elaboration of seminar work.

Assessment methods

The course ends with an oral exam. The criterion for passing the oral exam is the successful answering of 1 of 15 exam questions.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.

Teacher's information

The course can also be completed outside the examination period.

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