Course: Penology

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Course title Penology
Course code UHP/UPNLG
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 1
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Hála Jaroslav, PhDr.
Course content
1. Punishment (definition, function) 2. Alternative punishments 3. Basic principles of penal system (humanization, efficiency, security) 4. Penal system in the USA 5. Penal system in Europe 6. Penal system in the Czech republic 7. Penitentiary psychohygiene 8. Prison service of the Czech republic 9. Penitentiary subculture 10. Drugs problem in prison 11. Treatment of the prisoners 12. Reintegration in community Syllabus see www.sweb.cz/penologie.hala

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Penal system at the beginning of the third millenium Execution of a detention and imprisonment as a psychosocial problem Treatment of the prisoners Reintegration in community
Competence to work with prisoners and released persons.
Prerequisites
Law, psychology

Assessment methods and criteria
Interview

Lectures and literature
Recommended literature
  • Hála, J. Bolest a naděje vězení - penologické eseje. Praha: Triton, 2007. ISBN 978-80-7387-013-3.
  • Hála, J., Krell, W., Möller, E. Quo vadis poena. Praha, 2014. ISBN 978-80-7387-779-8.
  • Hála, J. Moderní penologické a peniterciární trendy. Auspicia, 17(1), 44-57, 2020.
  • Hála, J. Penologie. 2021.
  • Hála, J. Úvod do teorie a praxe vězeňství. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií, 2006. ISBN 80-86708-30-6.


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