060-0023/01 – Criminology for Engineers (KRIM)

Gurantor departmentDepartment of Security ServicesCredits3
Subject guarantorprof. PhDr. Hana Vykopalová, CSc.Subject version guarantorprof. PhDr. Hana Vykopalová, CSc.
Study levelundergraduate or graduateRequirementChoice-compulsory type B
Year1Semesterwinter
Study languageCzech
Year of introduction2022/2023Year of cancellation
Intended for the facultiesFBIIntended for study typesFollow-up Master
Instruction secured by
LoginNameTuitorTeacher giving lectures
VYK52 prof. PhDr. Hana Vykopalová, CSc.
Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of studyWay of compl.Extent
Full-time Graded credit 2+1
Part-time Graded credit 12+0

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

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.

Teaching methods

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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.

Compulsory literature:

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.

Recommended literature:

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.

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

Graded credit - final written exam. Elaboration of seminar tasks.

E-learning

Other requirements

There are no additional requirements for the student

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

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

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2022/2023 Winter semester)
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Graded credit Graded credit 100  51 3
Mandatory attendence participation: 80% compulsory participation, seminar work, final written test.

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: Without compulsory participation, seminar work, final written test.

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic yearProgrammeBranch/spec.Spec.ZaměřeníFormStudy language Tut. centreYearWSType of duty
2024/2025 (N1032A020006) Physical security engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2024/2025 (N1032A020006) Physical security engineering K Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2023/2024 (N1032A020006) Physical security engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2023/2024 (N1032A020006) Physical security engineering K Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2022/2023 (N1032A020006) Physical security engineering P Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan
2022/2023 (N1032A020006) Physical security engineering K Czech Ostrava 1 Choice-compulsory type B study plan

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Assessment of instruction



2023/2024 Winter