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Criminology for Engineers

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Course Unit Code060-0023/01
Number of ECTS Credits Allocated3 ECTS credits
Type of Course Unit *Choice-compulsory type B
Level of Course Unit *Second Cycle
Year of Study *First Year
Semester when the Course Unit is deliveredWinter Semester
Mode of DeliveryFace-to-face
Language of InstructionCzech
Prerequisites and Co-Requisites There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit
Name of Lecturer(s)Personal IDName
VYK52prof. PhDr. Hana Vykopalová, CSc.
Summary
The course Criminology for Engineers is a member for the general part and the special part. The knowledge base of the general part deals with the influence of criminology and the importance of criminology in the system of sciences, criminology tasks, history and development of basic criminological directions, contains knowledge about dynamics, structure and state of crime, takes into account criminal phenomenology and etiology including criminogenic factors and criminogenic situations. The content of this part is the study of criminal personality, knowledge from the field of victimology, control and prevention of crime, the basics of penology and criminal policy of the state. A special part of criminology is focused on selected types of crime, such as juvenile delinquency, violent crime, property and economic crime, women's crime and other forms of crime, including their phenomenology and etiology.
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit
Important objective of the course Criminology for Engineers is that students get acquainted with the participation of criminology and various missions as a scientific discipline, acquire orientation in criminological statistics, acquire knowledge of the main causes and prevention of various types of crime, including options to prevent, understand the basic principles of penology and criminal policy of the state and were able to proactively respond to criminological recommendations for theory and practice.
Course Contents
1. Characteristics of criminology, subject, concept and meaning
2. Origin of criminology, crime, its causes and conditions and
criminological schools
3. Status, structure and dynamics of crime
4. Crime control
5. Criminogenic factors and personality of crimes
6. Recurrence
7. Penology and criminal policy of the state
8. Victimology, concept, subject of research
9. Selected types of crime: Juvenile delinquency, phenomenology and etiology
of juvenile delinquency
10. Violent crime
11. Property crime and economic crime, phenomenology and etiology
12. Crime of women, crime of pink collars and other forms crime
13. Psychological profiling of the offender
Recommended or Required Reading
Required Reading:
ČÍRTKOVÁ,L Viktimologie pro forenzní praxi. Praha: Portál, 2014, ISBN 978-80-262-0582-1

GŘIVNA,T., SCHEINOST,M., ZOUBKOVÁ,I. A kol. Kriminologie. Praha:Wolters Kluver, 2019, ISBN 978-80-7598-554-5

JELÍNEK, Jiří a kol. Zákon o obětech trestných činů: komentář s judikaturou. Vyd. 1. Praha: Leges, 2013. 263 s. Komentátor. ISBN 978-80-87576-49-6.

MAREŠOVÁ, A. a kol.: Kriminální recidiva a recidivisté: charakteristika, projevy, možnosti trestní justice. Praha: Institut pro kriminologii a sociální prevenci, 2011. 303s. ISBN 978-80-7338-119-6

MATOUŠEK, Oldřich a MATOUŠKOVÁ, Andrea. Mládež a delikvence: možné příčiny, struktura, programy prevence kriminality mládeže. Vyd. 3., aktualiz. Praha: Portál, 2011. 336 s. ISBN 978-80-7367-825-8.
ČÍRTKOVÁ,L Viktimologie pro forenzní praxi. Praha: Portál, 2014, ISBN 978-80-262-0582-1

DAIGLE, L. E. Victimology: The Essentials. Los Angeles – London – New Delhi – Singapore – Washington: SAGE Publications, 2013, 344 s.

GŘIVNA,T., SCHEINOST,M., ZOUBKOVÁ,I. A kol. Kriminologie. Praha:Wolters Kluver, 2019, ISBN 978-80-7598-554-5

JACOBSON, D. – IDZIOREK, J. Computer Security Literacy: Staying Safe in a Digital World. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2013, 368 s.

JELÍNEK, Jiří a kol. Zákon o obětech trestných činů: komentář s judikaturou. Vyd. 1. Praha: Leges, 2013. 263 s. Komentátor. ISBN 978-80-87576-49-6.

MAREŠOVÁ, A. a kol.: Kriminální recidiva a recidivisté: charakteristika, projevy, možnosti trestní justice. Praha: Institut pro kriminologii a sociální prevenci, 2011. 303s. ISBN 978-80-7338-119-6

MATOUŠEK, Oldřich a MATOUŠKOVÁ, Andrea. Mládež a delikvence: možné příčiny, struktura, programy prevence kriminality mládeže. Vyd. 3., aktualiz. Praha: Portál, 2011. 336 s. ISBN 978-80-7367-825-8.

Recommended Reading:
FISCHER, S., VETEŠKA,J. Psychologie kriminálního chování. E-Book, 2020, ISBN 978-80-271-0731-5

SCHEINOST, M. et al. Kriminalita očima kriminologů. Praha : Institut pro kriminologii a sociální prevenci, 2010. 238s. ISBN 978-80-7338-096-0

TOMÁŠEK, J. Úvod do kriminologie : Jak studovat zločin. Praha : Grada, 2010. 224 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2982

SMEJKAL,V. Krybernetická kriminalita. Plzeň, Aleš Čeněk, 2018, ISBN 978-80-7380-720-7

ZOUBKOVÁ, Ivana et al. Kriminologický slovník. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2011. 251 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-312-4.
FISCHER, S., VETEŠKA,J. Psychologie kriminálního chování. E-Book, 2020, ISBN 978-80-271-0731-5

SCHEINOST, M. et al. Kriminalita očima kriminologů. Praha : Institut pro kriminologii a sociální prevenci, 2010. 238s. ISBN 978-80-7338-096-0

TOMÁŠEK, J. Úvod do kriminologie : Jak studovat zločin. Praha : Grada, 2010. 224 s. ISBN 978-80-247-2982

SMEJKAL,V. Krybernetická kriminalita. Plzeň, Aleš Čeněk, 2018, ISBN 978-80-7380-720-7

ZOUBKOVÁ, Ivana et al. Kriminologický slovník. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2011. 251 s. ISBN 978-80-7380-312-4.

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