Criminological Aspects of Crime Recidivism The Diploma Thesis Bc. Petra Urbánková Abstract The main goal of the Diploma Thesis "Criminological Aspects of Crime Recidivism" is analysing recidivism, which is considered to be one of the most important criminal factors. We can analyse recidivism based on the criminal law, penology, criminal statistics and mainly criminology. The Criminological aspect is the widest one, because it focuses on the all crimes committed by the offender, not only those crimes which were investigated by Police or the prosecutors. We will also theoretically describe all statistic sources where the recidivism has been recorded, but mainly we will analyse practically the statistical data of The Prison Service of the Czech Republic and the data of the Police of the Czech Republic where we could find out the actual rate of recidivism in the Czech Republic. The data of the Prison Service contain mainly the offenders which are imprisoned repeatedly for more than once. The data of Police are focused on type of crimes which have the highest rate of recidivism and whose are committed repeatedly by the offenders. This thesis also tries to analyse recidivism based on the historical development of the Czech legislation on recidivism starting since 1918 till nowadays. This thesis also tries to...

This thesis deals with the pastoral and social work in prison service. In the theoratical part I focus on European trends in prison service in some European countries and in the Czech Republic, on the mission and tasks of prison pastoral services, particularly the sense and practice of pastoral service in prison service. I outline all Churches working in prison pastoral service, the possibilities of their work in prison {--} mainly legislation. I describe the ecumenical process in prison service. The work also describes social work with people under custody or sentence, and finally the Code of Ethics of social workers in the Czech Republic. The practical part concerns the opinions and experience of chaplains working in prison pastoral care.

RESOURCES: The work of the Prison Service is associated with a higher rate of the frustration tolerance, increased stress, resilience and awareness. The prison environment carries with it very demanding working conditions, shift work and contact with human suffering and/or death. These risks that accompany the work of helping professions within prison facilities may lead to using of addictive substances by facilities' employees. Thus, a hypothesis was formed, among others based on the personal experience of the author of the work, that these employees use addictive substances. To this time, no other research was performed within the environment of the Prison Service of the Czech Republic that would aim on using of addictive substances among the professional staff coming into contact with an imprisoned person. OBJECTIVES: The main objective of this thesis is to determine the level of alcohol and nicotine dependance among professional staff of Czech prison facilities. METHODS: The study is performed in a quantitative form via standardized questionnaires: the AUDIT test and Fagerström Test of Nicotine Dependence. The selection of the file was performed via an Intentional (Purposeful) Selection within which persons were chosen who met criteria given by us and were interested in participating in the...

Syftet med studien har varit att undersöka hur deltagandeti klosterverksamheten eller 12-stegsprogrammet inom Kriminalvården har påverkat tidigare intagna på deras väg mot ett laglydigt liv. Studien bygger på sex kvalitativa intervjuer. Fyra livshistorieintervjuer med tidigare intagna och två semistrukturerade med kriminalvårdare. Resultatet visade att deltagandet i något av behandlingsprogrammen har haft betydelse för deltagarna och att det har gett dem verktyg för att arbeta med sig själva. För att behandlingsprogrammen ska vara effektiva menade dock samtliga intervjudeltagare att det krävs en vilja hos individen till att förändras. Vidare visade studiens resultat att även andlighet har en central roll i behandlingen, men att det är något individuellt. / The purpose of this study has been to examine if participation in the monastery-program or the 12 step program within the Swedish Prison and probation service has had an impact on former inmates in their road to a non-criminal life. The study is based on six qualitative interviews. Four life-course interviews with previous inmates and two semi-structured interviews with two caretakers active within the Swedish Prison and probation service. The result showed that participating in one of the treatment programs has had a significant meaning for the participants and it gave them tools to work with themselves. For the programs to be effective, however, all interviewed participants believed that the individuals will to change was crucial. Furthermore the results of this study showed that spirituality also has a central role in the treatment but the interpretation of it is individual.

The thesis deals with the pedagogical aspects of the care for convicts in connection to the use of addictive substances. Its character is theoretical-empirical. The theoretical part is based on professional literature and legislation. It focuses on general information about the Prison Service of the Czech Republic, on the system and the concept of imprisonment, as well as the aspects of pedagogy in penitentiary care. In detail, the thesis deals with a specialized prison ward for convicts with behavioural disorders caused by the use of addictive substances, namely from the point of methodology, regulations, and individual terms such as drugs, professional treatment of convicts, and the course of the conditions of the therapeutic programme. The empirical part aims to find out the course of the rehabilitation of convicts in a specialized ward for convicts with behavioural disorders caused by the use of addictive substances, namely from the point of professional employees. The research is qualitative. Data collection was carried out by semi-structured interviews with a psychologist, a special remedial teacher, an instructor - therapist, an instructor, and an activity instructor. The responses in the research ascertained that the key factor in the successful rehabilitation of convicts is the structure...

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The subject of my master thesis "Management of the human resources in the public administration" is to introduce the personal management and analyse the possibilities of application in public administration, directly in the Prison of the Czech Republic in the State Prison in Kuřim with a focus on training workers in different levels of management.

The purpose of this study was to examine differences in attitudes towards prisoners between different occupations, political leanings and genders. To measure attitudes the scale Attitudes towards prisoners, ATP, was firstly translated into Swedish and later distributed as a part of a survey. This study is based on a sample of 144 respondents consisting of prison officers, students of criminology and respondents with experience from both of the fields. Both parametric and non-parametric tests were used to answer the stated purpose of the study. The results show that women exhibited a significantly more positive attitude compared to men, participants leaning left politically exhibited significantly more positive attitudes compared to both neutral- and right leaning participants. Respondents with experience from both the study of criminology and work as prison-officers exhibited the most positive attitudes towards prisoners with a significantly more positive attitude compared to the group of prison-officers. / Syftet med denna studie var att undersöka skillnader i attityd gentemot frihetsberövade mellan olika sysselsättningar, kön och politiska hållningar. För att mäta attityder gentemot frihetsberövade så har mätverktyget Attitudes towards prisoners, ATP, översatts till svenska och därefter delats ut som en del av en enkätundersökning. Denna studie baseras på ett urval av 144 deltagare bestående av kriminologistudenter, kriminalvårdare och deltagare med erfarenhet från de båda fälten. Både parametriska och icke parametriska tester användes för att besvara studiens syfte. Resultatet visar att kvinnor har signifikant mer positiv attityd jämfört med män, deltagare till placerade vänster på ett politiskt spektrum visar en signifikant mer positiv attityd jämfört med både neutrala/obestämda samt deltagare till höger. Det visar sig även att deltagare som har erfarenhet från både kriminologistudier och arbete inom Kriminalvården är de som besitter mest positiv attityd gentemot frihetsberövade och dessa skilde sig signifikant från gruppen med kriminalvårdare.

The diploma thesis deals with the issue of further professional education of professional employees working in the Prison Service of the Czech Republic (VS ČR) and the possibilities of its development. The aim of the diploma thesis is to conceptualize and characterize further vocational education, with emphasis on the analysis and identification of educational needs and motivation of professionals to continue their education. Furthermore, to carry out research aimed at monitoring the use of methods and forms of education and development of employees. The theoretical part of the diploma thesis deals with the definition and relationship of basic concepts in the field of further education, systematic education, analysis of educational needs, organizational structure of VS ČR, description of selected aspects of further vocational education in the context of lifelong learning. Attention is paid to the system of education, structure and identification of educational needs in the field of public administration in the Czech Republic. Furthermore, a description of the model of the concept of management of further education of VS ČR employees is implemented. At the end of the theoretical part of the work we deal with professional training and further education of prison staff abroad. The...

The thesis deals with the comparison and evaluation of development conditions of detention and imprisonment in jails and prisons in the Czech Republic with the terms of previous years, but especially progress in respecting the rights and dignity of prisoners.