Probation, Parole and Penitentiary Law
Program: Criminal Justice
The purpose of this lecture is to outline the normative grounds for selected penitentiary systems and systems of alternative measures for the penalty of imprisonment worldwide. The goal is to clarify the purposes of executing the penalty of imprisonment and probationary measures, to present modern systems of alternative sanctions (not involving any isolation of the convicts) and major principles of effective crime policy.
The dogmatic considerations will be supported by a presentation of current practice in that respect.
The lecture includes a presentation of the problems related to individualisation of punishment, to effectiveness of modern forms of influence, both outside and inside prison facilities throughout the world, and to the demonstration of the chances and risks for the convicts themselves and for other members of society that are linked to imprisonment.
