This thesis complexly describes the crimes of fraud, insurance fraud, credit fraud and subsidy fraud as regulated by sections 209 to 212 of Act No. 40/2009 Coll. Penal Code. First the historical development of these crimes is described, both from the view of legislation and criminology. Further, the sources of the legislative regulation of these crimes are defined. Since fraud belongs in the category of property crimes, these are also discussed collectivelly, with emphasis on the individual common elements of the above-mentioned crimes. The above-mentioned crimes are each individually described with respect to their individual elements including the description of eventual problematic elements of the current legislation. In case of the special elements of these crimes the legislation regarding the respective contractual obligations is described. In addition to the above-described exposition a comparison with the crime of Act detrimental to the financial interests of the European Union is included. In the conclusion the current legislation is evaluated positively with the exception of the admonition regarding the casuictic legislative regulation of the special merits of these crimes including the question of sustainability of the current legislative state with respect to the technological and...

Criminological aspects of cybercrime Abstract (EN) This thesis is a study of specific aspects of cybercrime in regards to banking and non- banking financial institutions in Czech republic. By comparing results of third-party analytical resources and own findings obtained by strategically performed interviews with personnel in leading positions in cyber-security careers, the thesis describes causes and results of cyber-attacks and related preventive measures with emphasis on their respective place and priority in the cybersecurity policy of the organization. The main finding is that the biggest risk to the organization seems to be its own employees. That is why the entity cannot simply trust in the security of its perimeter by protecting only its border, but has to also consider its internal part. An equally important finding is the fact that mechanisms for the prevention of cybercrime take a large number of non-mutually exclusive forms, and in order to maintain the highest possible level of security, it is appropriate to layer these measures into complex units. Keywords Cybercrime, cybersecurity, criminology, financial organizations, cybercrime prevention

Development and structure of crime in the Czech Republic Abstract The intended goal of the presented work is to present an overview of fundamental theoretical one sand practical knowledge of crime in the Czech Republic with the help of available sources (literature, professional articles, legislation and case law). In six parts, the work focuses mainly on the criminological and criminal interpretation of crime and its development in terms of publicly available data of statistical systems in the Czech Republic for the years 2016-2019. The first chapter deals with the concept of crime in the sociological and legal context, in addition to which other selected terms are defined. In the part of scientific disciplines, the chapter deals with the definition of the phenomenon of crime in criminology and criminal policy. The resources necessary for the investigation of crime can be found in the second chapter, the content of which is not only a set of resources, but also the method of their processing, evaluation and evaluation of the degree of objectivity. At the same time, knowledge about foreign sources is not left out. The knowledge of the state of crime is illuminated by the third chapter, which in its first part describes the basic qualitative and quantitative indicators that are used to know the already...

Criminological aspects of criminality of foreigners This diploma thesis deals with the criminality of foreigners in the Czech Republic. With the development of globalisation, easier and more accessible mobility of people, but also due to war conflicts or poverty, there is naturally an increased migration of people, which brings with it, among other things, security consequences. Being a foreigner in another country has its own specifics, the most significant of which include minority status, different lifestyles, values, opinions, behaviours and customs. These and many other differences may or may not be criminogenic factors leading to foreigners committing crime. Since this is a very comprehensive topic, which cannot be fully described in one thesis, the aim of the thesis is to analyse the current state of criminality of foreigners in the Czech Republic, to define specific crimes of foreigners, which are among the most frequently clarified and to answer the question whether the crime of foreigners in our territory is increasing or decreasing. Attention is also paid to the phenomenon of organised crime of foreigners and crime related to illegal migration. The diploma thesis is systematically divided into five chapters. The first chapter is devoted to migration in general, mainly the definition of...

In dem Bericht werden die Daten der ersten Erhebungswelle der Panelstudie zur Wahrnehmung von Kriminalität und Straftäter:innen (PaWaKS) analyisert. Dazu wurde eine deutschlandweite repräsentative Stichprobe von 5000 erwachsenen Personen befragt. Die Ergebnisse in Kürze: Diejenigen Befragten, die Kontakt zu Polizei und Justiz bzw. zu Straftäter:innen hatten, beschrieben diesen Kontakt als überwiegend positiv. Junge Menschen sowie Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund bewerteten den Kontakt mit Justiz/Polizei etwas weniger positiv als Menschen aus anderen Altersgruppen bzw. ohne Migrationshintergrund. Wie von der Kontakthypothese angenommen, ging positiver Kontakt zu Polizei und Justiz mit positiven Einstellungen gegenüber Polizei und Justiz einher, ebenso mit höherem Vertrauen in diese Institutionen. Gleichzeitig zeigte sich aber ein leicht negativer Zusammenhang zu Einstellungen gegenüber Straftäter:innen. Positiver Kontakt mit Straftäter:innen hing mit positiveren Einstellungen gegenüber Straftäter:innen zusammen, aber nicht mit Einstellungen zu und Vertrauen in Polizei und Justiz. Dieser Befund spricht gegen negative Nebeneffekte von Kontakt mit Straftäter:innen. Positive Kontakterfahrungen können zur Verbesserung der Beziehungen zu und Wahrnehmung von Polizei und Justiz sowie Straftäter:innen beitragen und so größeres Vertrauen in die Institutionen und eine verbesserte Reintegration von Straftäter:innen in die Gesellschaft ermöglichen.:Inhaltsverzeichnis Das Wichtigste in Kürze 4 1 Einleitung 5 1.1 Intergruppenkontakt 6 1.2 Intergruppenkontakt mit Polizei und Justiz 7 1.3 Intergruppenkontakt mit Straftäter:innen 8 2 Methode 9 2.1 Vorgehensweise 9 2.2 Erhebungsinstrumente 9 2.3 Beschreibung der Stichprobe 10 3 Interindividuelle Unterschiede 11 3.1 Kontakt mit Vertreter:innen des Justizsystems 11 3.2 Kontakt mit Straftäter:innen 16 4 Zusammenhangsanalysen 20 4.1 Einstellungen gegenüber Polizei, Justiz und Straftäter:innen 21 4.2 Kriminalitätsfurcht 22 4.3 Vertrauen in Polizei und Justiz 23 4.4 Attribution von Kriminalität und Punitivität 23 5 Fazit 25 Glossar 27 Literaturverzeichnis 29 Impressum 34

The topic of this thesis is the criminological significance of crime reporting. The first part deals with the issues of latent crime, the part of crime which stays hidden. It describes the possibilities and limits of crime recording and the reasons why a significant part of crime stays in the so called dark area of crime and gets never discovered by police. The most significant cause of latent crime seems to be the non- reporting behavior of victims. The second part closely looks at the non-reporting behavior of victims and describes the individual factors, which lead to the decision to not report a crime to the police. First and nearly most important factor described is the cost and benefit theory. Second factor that the thesis is dealing with is the trust in police in a specific territory. Third factor is the influence of neighborhood in which the victim lives and fourth is the influence of victim's age. Fifth factor described in this thesis is the gender of the offender, primarily the fact, that crimes committed by women get reported less than crime committed by men. Special chapter is dedicated also to the reporting of domestic violence. The third part of this thesis deals with reporting of corruption, primarily of bribery criminal offences. In this area Czech Republic still doesn't have legal...

International Criminal Law as an Instrument of Environmental Protection The aim of this thesis is to explore the potential of the international criminal law as an instrument for solving global environmental problems, which would enable better implementation of international environmental legal norms. The first chapter provides an outline of core ideas and concepts, which originate from the understanding of the international criminal law as an ultima ratio instrument for safeguarding the international security and the health of humankind, i.e. the identical values that have been seriously threatened by the global environmental crisis at the beginning of the 21st century. The second chapter elaborates on the international environmental protection in times of peace, with emphasis on the non-existence of effective responsibility mechanisms, which would oblige states and private entities to adhere to general international environmental norms. For the most severe cases of failure to adhere to said norms, the future use of the international criminal law is being proposed. The third chapter comments on the international protection of the environment at times of war and armed conflicts, which is, contrary to times of peace, at least partly embedded in the existing norms of the international criminal law;...

Zugl.: Mainz, Univ., Diss., 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 173-189).

The personal character of economic crime offender Economic crime is one of serious and frequently latent offences. Taking into account the character of offenders, the exposition of this crime is difficult and time-consuming. The range of causes, on which economic crime is based, is wide. From the global viewpoint, what is important is the change of population mentality towards consumerism, the increase of unemployment, economic crisis and a grest number of other causes that affect this situation. These crimes with a grave social appeal are in many cases caused by a well-situated and university educated upper class citizens with a good grasp of the relevant economical and judicial matters, i.e. Citizens that are not be expected to behave in this anti-social way. The aim of my diploma thesis is to create an overview, to describe, clarify and formulate in a certain way the character of economic crime offender. Closely connected to this topic are the definitions of several conceptions from these points of issue. This diploma thesis is divided into a theoretical part (with a partial overview of the development of criminal law No. 140/1961 Coll.) focused on the field of criminal law. The practical part studies the assessment and evaluation of the questionnaire method and the creation of result based on these facts. The aim of this work is to provide the reader or any person interested in this topic with the basics of economic crime and with a list of related books for additional information. Resulting from aims of this work and from the study of professional literature and statistical data, the following hypothesis was established: {\clqq}Economic crime offender is a well-situated citizen`` and {\clqq}Higher level of education results in higher ingenuity of the offence and, consequently, in higher damage caused by the offence.`` A conclusion based on questionnaire evaluation was reached and the resulting facts claim that in most cases is economic crime connected with offender´s business or working activities. Although it was partially confirmed that these offenders are usually intelligent and they tend to have at least higher education, at the same time it seems evident that economic crime is not only a field for this kind of offender. A substantial part of thes offenders has acquired its education through formal economic qualification while doing business and, at the same time, it has become evident that great losses can be caused by offenders with a lower level of education.

This thesis deals with the topic of corporate criminal liability and its criminological aspects. When adopting a law, it is necessary to examine its impact on the society as well as the individual. However, the Czech Act No. 148/2011 Sb. on Corporate Criminal Liability was adopted, above all, because of the pressure exerted by European law. That is possibly the reason why there has never been, until now, much focus on the criminological aspects of corporate crime or the prevention of corporate crime. It follows that the elaboration of this kind of thesis is imperative. The first chapter of this thesis addresses the historical concept of white-collar criminality which was developed by one of the greatest criminologists of the 20th century - Edwin H. Sutherland. After exploring his work, and works of his followers, the author of this thesis aims to summarize the main characteristics of corporate criminality. In addition, the first chapter specifies the focus and the individual sections of this thesis. The second chapter is concerned with the etiology of corporate criminality, i.e. with the reasons why corporations commit crime at all. In this part of the thesis, the author analyses the data on corporate criminality collected abroad, nevertheless, the main focus is on the data coming from the Czech...