Thesis (Ph. D.)-- State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Philosophy, 2008.

Thesis (M.A.)--Georgia State University, 2007. / Title from file title page. Denise Donnelly, committee chair; Dawn Baunach, Charles Gallagher, committee members. Electronic text (86 p.) : digital, PDF file. Description based on contents viewed Feb. 25, 2008. Includes bibliographical references (p. 74-77).

The topic of this thesis is the issue of the life imprisonment and the main aim is to analyze this punishment in Czech legal environment and to point the possible improvements that could be done in this legal area. Since this kind of punishment has been involved in Czech system of punishments for only 24 years now, it gives enough space for its study and that is why I chose it as the topic of my thesis. This thesis consists of six main chapters. In the first one my task was to enlighten the meaning of the basic terms which are necessary to apprehend in order to be able to understand the problematic of punishments in general. Other half of this chapter is dedicated to the evolution of understanding the term "punishment" itself and the main opinions of the prominent philosophers such as Cesare Beccaria, Ch.L.Montesquieu, J. Locke and others. Second chapter describes the history of the highest penalty and criminal law in general in Czechoslovakia and Czech Republic in the years 1918 - 2009. In this period of time the significant historical events influenced the Czech law, especially the creation of independent Czechoslovak republic, the period of World War II, consequential rise of communism and its fall more than 50 years later..All of these events had main significance for the journey to death...

In this diploma thesis I focus on health care for prisoners sentenced to life imprisonment. Health care in my view is based on a holistic vision of man, where I am interested in all components of an individual as a whole, and therefore I can not be satisfied with definition of health as absence of illness. So I do not mean only health care, but services that lead to optimal human development in all its human elements. These are services that take care of bio-psycho-socio-spiritual aspect of individual respectively prisoner. The aim of my qualitative research is to map the services related to a health care that are actually provided to prisoners serving a life sentence and then compare them with the services provided to prisoners serving prison sentence.

The Diploma thesis deals with the topic of conditionally suspended sentence of imprisonment as a separate type of punishment which is not considered merely as a variation of an unconditional imprisonment sentence. It analyses the individual elements of this institute, its history and development, the conditions of imposing and methods of termination. It also includes a comparison with foreign legislation that should bring suggestions for a better and more efficient execution of conditionally suspended sentence of imprisonment. The thesis is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter deals with general knowledge of conditionally suspended sentence of imprisonment as an alternative punishment and its legal nature. In the second chapter is outlined the historical development of the institute both in the world and in the territory of Czechoslovakia, respectively the Czech Republic. The third chapter is a major part of the thesis and describes the conditions under which conditionally suspended sentence of imprisonment may be imposed, as well as examining the probation period, adequate restraints and adequate duties or compensation for the damage or detriment caused by the offense, or the unjust enrichment gained by the crime. Following chapter relates to the decision on conditionally suspended...