Course: Crime prevention

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Course title Crime prevention
Course code UHP/XPRKR
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 3
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Svatoš Roman, doc. JUDr. Ph.D.
Course content
Lectures (1 lesson): 1. Theoretical basis of crime prevention, basic terms. 2. Historical excursion of crime prevention. 3. Normative basis of crime prevention in the Czech Republic. 4. Classification of preventive measures. 5. International subjects of crime prevention and international anchoring of crime prevention. 6. Crime prevention system in the Czech Republic. 7. Crime prevention at the regional and local levels. 8. Police prevention. 9. Prevention of municipal police and private security services. 10. Strategic goals and basic principles of crime prevention policy. 11. Current programmes and projects in the field of crime prevention. 12. Crime prevention in the Slovak Republic. 13. Crime prevention in selected European countries. 14. Summary.

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The aim of the subject is to acquaint students with the theoretical foundations and basic concepts of crime prevention, with its historical development, normative anchoring in the Czech Republic, the system of crime prevention from the point of view of subjects dealing with this issue, the system of preventive measures, with current programs for the implementation of crime prevention in the Czech Republic, but even with crime prevention systems abroad.
The student will orientate him/herself in the system of crime prevention in the Czech Republic, will be able to apply the most appropriate preventive measures based on the identified causes of crime, which should be aimed at eliminating the causes of crime, i.e., its reduction, or at least its stagnation, will be able to apply preventive measures in the Czech environment applied abroad.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
credit test, colloquium
Recommended literature
  • UNITED NATIONS OFFICE ON DRUGS AND CRIME.
  • Usnesení Vlády České republiky ze dne 25. ledna 2016 č. 66 o Strategii prevence kriminality v České republice na léta 2016 až 2020.
  • Firstová, Jana; Zámek, David. Kriminologie a prevence kriminality. Vydání první. Praha : Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7676-057-8.
  • SVATOŠ, R. Prevence Kriminality, druhé, aktualizované vydání. České Budějovice: Vysoká škola evropských a regionálních studií, z. ú., 2016. ISBN 978-80-7556-009-4.
  • VÁLKOVÁ, H., KUCHTA, J., HULMÁKOVÁ, J., a kol. Základy kriminologie a trestní politiky.


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