Course: Introduction into the Issues of Punishment and Punishing

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Course title Introduction into the Issues of Punishment and Punishing
Course code KSS/ZTR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Bajcura Lubomír, PaedDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Penology as a science about punishment and punishing 2. Basic functions of punishment and its goals 3. Historical concepts of punishment, punishing and prisoning 4. The sense of punishment 5. Selected theoretical conceptions of the functions of punishment

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monological explanation (lecture, presentation,briefing), Dialogue metods(conversation,discussion,brainstorming), Self-study (text study, reading, problematic tasks, practical tasks, experiments, research, written assignments)
  • Class attendance - 8 hours per semester
  • Semestral paper - 12 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 40 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Students will learn about the issues of punishment and punishing, about the functions of punishment, punishing, and imprisoning in the history and nowadays. The basic theoretical conceptions of functions of punishment, the goals and sense of punishment will be introduced. Students will adopt this knowledge and practice it in the seminars.
Students will learn about the issues of punishment and punishing, about the functions of punishment, punishing, and imprisoning in the history and nowadays. The basic theoretical conceptions of functions of punishment, the goals and sense of punishment will be introduced. Students will adopt this knowledge and practice it in the seminars.
Prerequisites
Social issues and consecutive knowledge gained through the educational background.

Assessment methods and criteria
Student's performance analysis

To gain the credit students write a semestral thesis. Students follow the instructions of the lecturer, they follow the instruction of lenght, topic and content. The thesis must show the knowledge students master through their study hours. The thesis must be accepted by the lecturer, so the student can enter the exam. Examination conditions are set by the lecturer.
Recommended literature
  • ČERNÍKOVÁ, V. Sociální ochrana. Praha: Policejní akademie, 2005. ISBN 80-7251-207-2.
  • FOUCAULT, M. Dozerať a trestať. Bratislava: Kalligram, 2004. ISBN 80-7149-663-4.
  • HÁLA, J. Úvod do teorie a praxe vězeňství. České Budějovice: VŠ ERS, 2005. ISBN 80-86708-05-5.
  • JŮZL, M. Penitenciaristika a penologie. Brno: IMS, 2012. ISBN 978-80-87182-24-6.
  • SOCHŮREK, J. Kapitoly z penologie. I. díl. Úvod do teorie trestu a trestání. Liberec: TUL, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7372-203-6.


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