B_Krilg_2 Criminology 2

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Markéta Brunová, PhD., LL.M.
Department of Law – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Tereza Švestáková
Prerequisites
B_Krilg_1 Criminology 1
The condition for passing and completing this course is the completion of the course B_Krilg_1 Criminology 1.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
This course complements and develops the criminological topics taught in the course Criminology 1. The aim is to deepen students' knowledge in the field of this science, which deals with crime, ie crime as a mass social and legal phenomenon. Part of the individual lecture topics is also the focus on prevention in the field.
Learning outcomes
Successful passing of the credit and exam from the subject.
Syllabus
  • 1. Reminder of a general interpretation of the basics of criminology. Concept and subject, relation to related sciences, to other sciences, practical significance of criminology. The relationship between criminology and criminal policy. International cooperation. 2. Sanctions policy in the Czech Republic. 3. Penological studies - international trends in the development of prisons, the case law of the ECtHR in the field of prisons. 4. Penological studies - new trends in prisons in the Czech Republic. 5. Penological studies - imprisonment and imprisonment in the Czech Republic. 6. Juvenile delinquency. 7. Seniors as perpetrators and victims of crime. 8. Criminal recidivism. 9. Economic and property crime. 10. Violent crime. Moral crime. 11. Hate crimes. Extremism. 12. Organized crime. Drug crime.
Literature
    required literature
  • Bruna, E., Brunová, M.: Vybrané kapitoly z kriminologie. (3. akt. a dopl. vyd.) Praha: VŠFS 2020.
  • JELÍNEK, J. Trestní právo hmotné. 7. aktualizované vydání podle stavu k 1. 10. 2019. Praha: Leges 2019, ISBN 978-80-7502-380-3
  • BRUNOVÁ, Markéta. Novodobý vývoj a stav vězeňství v České a Slovenské republice. 1. vyd. Praha: Leges, 2020. 223 s. Teoretik. ISBN 978-80-7502-408-4.
  • Jelínek, J. a kolektiv: Kriminologie. Praha: Leges, 2021. 631 s.
    recommended literature
  • Studie IKSP dostupné na www.kriminologie.cz
  • Svatoš, R.: Kriminologie. Plzeň: A. Čeněk, 2012.
  • Zoubková, I.: Kriminologie: aktuální problémy. Praha: Policejní akademie ČR, 2013.
Teaching methods
Lectures in full-time study; tutorials in part-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75% in full-time study, compulsory tutorial participation is 50% in part-time study.
Assessment methods
The course ends with a credit and an exam. The criterion for granting the credit is the elaboration of a seminar paper on a given topic together with its presentation in class (minimum 50% of points) and passing a written test, which consists of 30 questions (minimum 50% of points). The oral exam presupposes knowledge of the lectured material and compulsory literature.
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.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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