Course: Social work with offenders

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Course title Social work with offenders
Course code KPZ/P6SDV
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Lesson
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)
  • Čermák Zdeněk, PhDr.
Course content
Introduction to the topic of criminology. The basic criminological directions and schools. Status, structure and dynamics of crime. The perpetrator of the crime. The victim of a crime. Criminological aspects of the criminal justice system. The prevention of crime. Youth crime and anti-youth. Selected types of crime and their specifics. Introduction into the issue. Mediation and probation. The presentation of essays on the subject of amnesty, youth crime, sentences, discussion over the given topics. The perpetrator and the victim of the crime. A visit to the prison.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming), Work with text (with textbook, with book), Skills training
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to familiarize the learner with issues in social work with offenders - with the history, basic terminology, preventive activities.
Student knows the basic terminology of the subject, he/ she is versed in the history and the present, can apply theoretical information in practice.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Written examination

The fulfilment of compulsory attendance at lectures and seminars. Written test or oral exam fulfilment according to course guarantor decision.
Recommended literature
  • ČÍRTKOVÁ, L. Policejní psychologie. 3. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2000.
  • ČÍRTKOVÁ, L.; VITOUŠOVÁ, P. a kol. Pomoc obětem (a svědkům) trestných činů. 1. vyd. Praha: Grada Publishing, 2007.
  • KUCHTA, J.; VÁLKOVÁ, H. Základy kriminologie a trestní politiky. 1. vyd. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2005.
  • MATOUŠEK, O.; KOLÁČKOVÁ, J.; KODYMOVÁ, P. (eds.). Sociální práce v praxi. 2. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2010.
  • MATOUŠEK, O. Slovník sociální práce. 2. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2010.
  • NOVOTNÝ, O.; ZAPLETAL, J. Kriminologie. 3. přeprac. vyd. Praha: Aspi, 2008.
  • VÁGNEROVÁ, M. Psychopatologie pro pomáhající profese. 2. přeprac. a rozšíř. vyd. Praha: Portál, 2004.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health and Social Worker (2013) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer
Faculty: Faculty of Health Studies Study plan (Version): Health and Social Worker (2014) Category: Health service 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Summer