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The Issue of an Offender's Personality in Criminology The aim of this thesis is to describe the offender's personality, to explain the possible causes of his criminal behaviour and to choose appropriate tools for punishment and prevention based on this knowledge. It consists a complex issue that criminologists have been studying intensely for several centuries. In the introduction to this thesis I am explaining the concept of criminology, criminality and offender from a criminological and criminal law perspective. The historical development of the view of the offender is introduced in this thesis. The ideas of free will were replaced by theories of born criminal, only for the science to partially return to the original ideas in the 20th century. The theories were further transformed by technological development and industrial revolution, which brought with it a new social order. The topic of the third part is personality from the perspective of psychology. Personality formation is a complex process, which everyone goes through since birth. It is influenced not only by the environment in which the individual grows up, but also by genetics. I also deal with the motives that lead the offender to criminal behaviour, what is his motivation and how a profile of an unknown offender can be constructed...

The Issue of an Offender's Personality in Criminology Abstract The major topic of my diploma thesis is the issue of an offender's personality in criminology. The aim of this thesis is to introduce the reader to the issue from criminological perspective, to make him familiar with various opinions on an offender's personality which have developed throughout the history, and to describe the phenomenon of juvenile delinquency and criminality against children and juveniles. The cardinal topic of the first part is scientific discipline criminology with its historical roots, distribution to particular subdisciplines, and relation to other criminal sciences. The second part provides a summary of main criminological schools and theories which have been formed since the beginning of criminological thinking and had different opinions on offender and his personality. The term criminal offender has various meanings from the view of substantive criminal law, procedural criminal law, and the view of criminology. These meanings are explained in the third part. The most important is the fourth part which deals with an offender's personality, relevant internal and external factors that are affecting human personality and the best-known typologies focused on offender's biological dispositions, psychological dispositions, and...

The Issue of an Offender's Personality in Criminology Serial killers The cardinal topic of this diploma thesis is an analysis of an offender's personality and the major focus is given on serial killers. Although the serial killer's personality is the main topic of the thesis, a significant part deals with a criminological, forensic psychological and legal theory, involving the explanation of the relevant legal terms. This diploma thesis aims to provide the reader a comprehensive overview of serial killers. The main goal of the thesis is not only to offer probable profile of the serial killer, but to introduce Czech and foreign expert findings into the context with the Czech law and jurisprudence as well. Also, the thesis aims to help the reader to perceive differences among serial killers, mass killers and spree killers, as these multiple killers are often confused. I present some real cases for better illustration of the issue. From the huge amount of serial killers, I have chosen the most interesting or the most recent ones. In the first chapter I explain the term offender. I distinguish the legal and criminological point of view. The cardinal topic of the second chapter is the offender's personality. The first part of this chapter is focused psychologically, nevertheless in the introduction I...

Topic of this thesis is The Issue of an Offender's personality. The main purpose of this thesis is introduction of criminology terms and theories. Furthermore, the thesis deals with the personality of the offender and with risk factors, which may have impact on criminal behaviour. The end of this thesis is devoted to violent criminality and murders. First chapter describes essential terms of this thesis like subject and aims of criminology, offender in criminal law and criminology and human personality in general. Most of the criminological theories try to deals with personality of the offender. They study personality of the offender and risk factors from different views, especially with help from biology, psychology, sociology or all of them. Most of these theories try to find a difference between offenders and non-deviant persons. The third chapter of this thesis is very important because it deals with personality of the offender and particular risk factors which may cause behaviour disorders or criminal behaviour. Knowledge about offender is helpful for investigation of the crime or criminal policy. In last chapters are described violent crimes, murders and their offenders. It is hard to describe general personality of murderer, because these offenders have a different motivation to commit this...

The Issue of an Offender's Personality in Criminology Abstract The aim of this master's thesis was to describe the issue of the offender's personality in criminology. The first part of the thesis deals with the definition of basic terms, criminological theories and the offender's personality from the perspective of general knowledge, and then from the perspective of forensic psychology. The second part deals with the issue of economic crimes, mainly defines the concept of economic crime, describes the Czech legal regulation of economic crimes, deals with the causes, prevention and specific characteristics of the economic crime offenders. In the third part of the thesis, I try to apply my acquired knowledge to a specific case of the economic crime offender. Since the offender's personality has a significant role to play in clarifying the causes of crime, many criminological theories have emerged over the course of history to clarify what causes criminal behavior. These theories focus on biological, psychological, sociological factors, etc. Each individual has a personality which is unique. Some elements of our personality can't be affected, e.g. temperament, other are created and changed during the course of our lives, e.g. elements that determine our character. The motivation behind every offense also plays...

The Issue of an Offender's Personality in Criminology In my diploma thesis, I have focused on the offender's personality in Criminology. Even though the personality of each person is individual, it still has some features that are common to more offenders. By describing these characteristics and factors, I tried to find the answer to the question whether a person is predestined to be a killer or whether it depends on our decisions. In connection with this, I was asking myself whether it is possible to know in advance that someone has a predisposition to be a killer or whether murder can be prevented. Can we choose our destiny? The diploma thesis is divided into two parts. After defining the basic concepts, in the second chapter I describe the offender's personality from the point of view of psychology, criminology and criminal law. In the third chapter I provide an overview of criminological theories, formed during the development of criminology, where a divergence from the conception of born criminal is perceptible. The fourth chapter is devoted to individual types of offenders and is complemented by chapter five that deals with factors that affect criminal behaviour. The second part of my work is divided into five chapters, where the chapter six and seven deal with a murder and a personality of...

"The Issue of an Offender's Personality in Criminology" The main purpose of this thesis was to enlighten the offender's personality in terms of the causes of criminal behavior. The opening chapter clarifies the basic terminology used in the thesis. These are specifically criminology, criminality and delinquency and the term offender - there is explanation of the difference between criminological point of view and the viewpoint of criminal law. Criminology deals with the personality of offender and with searching of characteristics typical for the offenders already over one century, therefore the next chapter focuses on criminological schools and significant criminological theories. However, the efforts to create complex typology which could identify the offender and distinguish him from the rest of the population were abandoned. Third chapter describes current approaches to offender's personality, its psychological research and there is also mentioned motivation of offenders for committing crimes. Main topic of the second half of this thesis is personality of offender of violent crimes with the specific focus on personality of offenders of domestic violence crimes. Unfortunately, there are no specific signs of these offenders and offender of violent crimes including domestic violence can be...

The dissertation thesis is focused on exploring the psychological context of motivation for change in adult convicted men who participated in and completed the motivational resocialization program named "Get a job". In the first part, selected theoretical knowledge is presented. Introductory chapters (Ch. 1-3) deal with the issue of social control, context of motivation for change in the offender as well as the motivational factors in the penitentiary environment. Subsequently, a system of probation and rehabilitation programs in the Czech Republic and risk factors affecting the process of prison rehabilitation are described. The next two chapters (Ch. 4-5) capture the development of view of penitentiary intervention, provide an overview of therapeutic approaches in rehabilitation, and contain a discussion of the possibilities of verifying the effectiveness of rehabilitation programs. The second part focuses on the description of the "Get a job" rehabilitation program. Here, basic information on the implementation of the program (Ch. 6) is presented together with individual topics including the content, tutoring work specifics and examples of specific work done by prisoners (Ch. 7). The third part includes an empirical investigation and presentation of the obtained results. The introductory...

This doctoral thesis is based on the diploma thesis, that has been successfully accepted as a master thesis. It is focused on the topic from the field of forensic psychology, mainly on the relationship between the personality of criminal offender and its reflection in the commission of crime. The theoretical part deals with the analysis of crime scene and crime scene investigation from the perspective of criminalistics with an overlap to other parts of forensic psychology. It also involves the typology of organized and disorganized offender and description of their personalities and behavior at the crime scene, specifically the issue of the characteristics of the modus operandi of murder in relation to the crime scene is classified. Attention is also paid to the forensic medical issues, injuries of the victim, from the point of view of forensic psychology. Last chapter of the theoretical part is focused on offender's personality, especially potential psychopathology. The final part of the theory is dedicated to the perpetrators' motivation, to the general focus on homicidal motivation on one side, and to the different typologies of murderers' motivation on another side. The empiric part is focused on searching for the relationships between personality variables of the offender and the way how the...

A Abstract of the thesis "The Issue of an Offender's Personality in Criminology" Offender's personality is a summary of various aspects influencing one's behaviour in regards of a set offence. This paper focuses mainly on criminological and psychological aspects of people who commit violent crimes. It summarizes different typologies of offenders, schools of criminal causes, various aspects of personalities, and discusses prevention of criminality in the Czech Republic. In addition, it focuses greatly on stalking from theoretical as well as practical point of view through an extensive case study. The main foundation for this case study is a court case from early 2008, further anonymous due to request of the Municipal Court in Prague. Even though this case took place before stalking was recognised as a criminal offense in the Czech Republic, it served greatly as a foundation for its recognition, and thus plays a vital role. The main research questions of this thesis are a) "Why do people commit violent crimes?", and b) "What are the main intentions behind it?". With deeper understanding of the knowledge of offender's personality and motivation, findings of this paper can serve as a significant tool for prevention of criminal behaviour in society. The major research goal was to conduct the case study, and show...

This diploma thesis is focused on the topic from the field of forensic psychology, mainly on the relationship between the personality of criminal offender and its reflection in the commission of crime. The theoretical part deals with the analysis of crime scene and crime scene investigation from the perspective of criminalistics with an overlap to other parts of forensic psychology. It also involves the typology of organized and disorganized offender and description of their personalities and behavior at the crime scene, specifically the issue of the characteristics of the modus operandi of murder in relation to the crime scene is classified. Attention is also paid to the forensic medical issues, injuries of the victim, from the point of view of forensic psychology. Last chapter of the theoretical part is focused on offender's personality, especially potential psychopathology. The empiric part is focused on searching for the relationships between personality variables of the offender and the way how the violent crime (murder) was committed. The research based on analysis of evidence and psychologists - experts testimony revealed particular connections and the data from the analyzed sample (of 40 crimes) refer in particular to the disorganized offender and behavior at the crime scene.

This study analyzes how fear is the main emotion after personal freedom is restricted in an initial short-term incarceration in a holding cell. The theoretical part is divided into legal, psychological and ethical parts. The legal section describes the particular rights and responsibilities of individuals who are limited in their fundamental rights and freedoms after being detained by the Law Enforcement of the Czech Republic. Secondarily the individual state rights based on legislatives standards are also reviewed in this section, in respect to effects on a citizens rights and freedoms. The following section discusses the possible psychological and ethical effects. The field investigation part was conducted by a controlled research investigations using interviews with individuals currently in police custody. The research focuses on the actual emotional experience of fear incarceration.

Předložená bakalářská práce se zabývá psychosociálními aspekty trestné činnosti policistů ve srovnání let 2003 {--} 2007. Nejprve jsou rozebrány z teoretického hlediska obecné otázky a psychosociální faktory vedoucí k trestné činnosti. Následně je nastíněn ze statistického hlediska vývoj trestné činnosti policistů v letech 2003 {--} 2007. Na základě zjištěných skutečností jsou vymezeny osobnostní dispozice policistů podmiňující jejich trestnou činnost.

The personal character of economic crime offender Economic crime is one of serious and frequently latent offences. Taking into account the character of offenders, the exposition of this crime is difficult and time-consuming. The range of causes, on which economic crime is based, is wide. From the global viewpoint, what is important is the change of population mentality towards consumerism, the increase of unemployment, economic crisis and a grest number of other causes that affect this situation. These crimes with a grave social appeal are in many cases caused by a well-situated and university educated upper class citizens with a good grasp of the relevant economical and judicial matters, i.e. Citizens that are not be expected to behave in this anti-social way. The aim of my diploma thesis is to create an overview, to describe, clarify and formulate in a certain way the character of economic crime offender. Closely connected to this topic are the definitions of several conceptions from these points of issue. This diploma thesis is divided into a theoretical part (with a partial overview of the development of criminal law No. 140/1961 Coll.) focused on the field of criminal law. The practical part studies the assessment and evaluation of the questionnaire method and the creation of result based on these facts. The aim of this work is to provide the reader or any person interested in this topic with the basics of economic crime and with a list of related books for additional information. Resulting from aims of this work and from the study of professional literature and statistical data, the following hypothesis was established: {\clqq}Economic crime offender is a well-situated citizen`` and {\clqq}Higher level of education results in higher ingenuity of the offence and, consequently, in higher damage caused by the offence.`` A conclusion based on questionnaire evaluation was reached and the resulting facts claim that in most cases is economic crime connected with offender´s business or working activities. Although it was partially confirmed that these offenders are usually intelligent and they tend to have at least higher education, at the same time it seems evident that economic crime is not only a field for this kind of offender. A substantial part of thes offenders has acquired its education through formal economic qualification while doing business and, at the same time, it has become evident that great losses can be caused by offenders with a lower level of education.