Foreign regulations on the training and control of guide dogs

Abstrakt¹: Slovenská vnútroštátna právna úprava statusu vodiacich psov je v mnohých aspektoch dostatočne komplexná, napriek tomu jej však možno vyčítať viaceré nedostatky, ktoré si aj v komparácii so zahraničnými úpravami vyžadujú doplnenie alebo zmenu. Príspevok ponúka zahraničné vzory, ktoré môžu pre slovenského normotvorcu slúžiť ako inšpirácia.
Kľúčové slová: vodiaci pes, zrakovo postihnutá osoba

Abstract: The Slovak national legislation on the status of guide dogs is sufficiently complex in many respects, but it can nevertheless be accused of a number of shortcomings which, even in comparison with foreign regulations, require a supplement or change. The paper offers foreign models that can serve as an inspiration for the Slovak legislator.
Keywords: guide dog, visually impaired person

Methods of forensic tactics and secondary victimisation

Abstrakt: Práca pojednáva o vybraných metódach kriminalistickej taktiky a ich potenciálneho negatívneho vplyvu na obete trestných činov. Hlavným cieľom je zanalyzovať psychologický dopad kontaktu poškodeného s orgánmi činnými v trestnom konaní a inými aktérmi najmä počas prípravného trestného konania.
Kľúčové slová: obeť, sekundárna viktimizácia, kriminalistika, kriminalistická taktika.

Abstract: The article focuses on chosen methods of forensic tactics and its potential negative impact on victims of crime. Main aim is to analyze the psychological influence of the contact between the victim and the law enforcement authorities and other actors during the investigative phase of criminal proceedings.
Key words: victim, secondary victimisation, forensics, forensic tactics.

V tomto článku nájdete 15 otázok a odpovedí týkajúcich sa toho, aké sú oprávnenia policajtov v čase koronavírovej pandémie.

Foto: Rudolf Baranovič - fotoobrázky života okolo nás (2020)

1. Ak mi policajt niečo prikáže alebo ma na niečo vyzve, musím uposlúchnuť?
Áno. Podľa zákona o Policajnom zbore každý musí poslúchnuť výzvu a pokyn policajta v rozsahu oprávnení policajta podľa zákona.¹ Prosím, nesťažujte v súčasnej náročnej situácii polícii prácu zbytočným spochybňovaním ich služobných úkonov.

2. Čo robiť, ak považujem výzvu alebo pokyn policajta za nezákonnú?
Aj keď s policajtom nesúhlasíte, rešpektujte ho a splňte, čo od vás žiada. Ak si myslíte, že policajt prekročil svoje oprávnenia, môžete sa následne obrátiť na rôzne orgány (podľa okolností napríklad na jeho nadriadeného, s podnetom na prokuratúru alebo na verejného ochrancu práv, na súd so žalobou proti inému zásahu orgánu verejnej správy). Obrátiť sa môžete aj na Úrad inšpekčnej služby ministerstva vnútra. Odporúčam vám poradiť sa pred podaním akéhokoľvek podania či podnetu s právnikom, možno vám vysvetlí, že policajt postupoval zákonne.

Possibilities of using aircrafts and helicopters in the services of the Police Force and within the integrated rescue system

Abstrakt: Autor v príspevku oboznamuje čitateľa so špecifickým útvarom zabezpečujúcim policajné letectvo na Slovensku, ktorým je Letecký útvar Ministerstva vnútra Slovenskej republiky. Jedným z cieľov predmetného príspevku je poukázať na význam využívania leteckej techniky, ktorou tento útvar disponuje, a to najmä v službách Policajného zboru a v rámci zložiek integrovaného záchranného systému v komparácii s Leteckou službou Policie České republiky.
Kľúčové slová: integrovaný záchranný systém, letecká technika, policajno-bezpečnostná činnosť

Abstract: The author acquaints the reader with a specific unit providing police aviation in Slovakia, which is the Aviation Unit of the Ministry of the Interior of the Slovak Republic. One of the objectives of the present paper is to point out the importance of the use aircrafts and helicopters available to this unit, especially in the services of the Police Force and within the Integrated Rescue System in comparison with the Air Service of the Police of the Czech Republic.
Key words: integrated rescue system, aircrafts, police-security activity

Development of the Department of Object Protection

Abstrakt: Autor článku venuje svoju pozornosť jednotlivým etapám celkového vývoja služby ochrany objektov a taktiež jeho základnej štruktúre a pôsobnosti jednotlivých úloh. Medzi tieto hlavné úlohy sa zaraďuje zaisťovanie bezpečnosti, verejného poriadku, ochrany života, zdravia a majetku.
Kľúčové slová: bezpečnosť, ochrana, ochrana objektov, polícia, verejný poriadok.

Abstract: The author of the article pays attention to the individual stages of the overall development of the Department of Object Protection as well as its basic structure and scope of individual tasks. Ensuring safety, trust, life, health and property is one of these main tasks.
Key words: security, protection, protection of objects, police, public order.

Is social media ethical?

Abstract: How ethical is social media today? Do people still abide by social ethical rules in their day to day web activities, whether they are private or professional? For the past two decades social media have developed so fast that they have outran any sort of legislature and ethical rules - the same standards for public behaviour simply do not apply when being active on social media and while legislature has been slowly clawing after social media, one thing in cyberspace has been made abundantly clear - ethics are optional.
Key words: social media, ethics, journalism, cybercrime, web-journals

The definition of a ‘young person’ changed and this shapes our understanding of the ‘problem of youth’ today

Abstract: Youth crime and delinquent behaviour among teenagers have always been the cornerstone of contemporary civilized countries. Mostly it has been shrugged off as coming of the age. However, an issue arises when these young people get to be a part of a society; voting, driving, working. Is there a reason why violence, substance abuse and antisocial behaviour have been on the rise? Condemnation, higher standard or no-nonsense attitude. These are all factors that focus on the evolution of youth crime."
Key words: youth crime, prevention, adolescent rehabilitation, community service, restorative justice

Foto: Peter Senko (2018)

The concept of moral panic is no longer useful

Abstract: Folk devils and moral panics by Stanley Cohen states that moral panic is an emotional state that takes root within an individual after being exposed to a negative outcry by mass media and can further be spread by that individual's verbal means. Whether it is originally spread by television, newspapers or the internet, the concept stays the same. The factual (if any) original data gets distorted and warped into something entirely different - because it is the negative preconception that captures the public's eye more often than detailed and accurate information.
Key words: Folk devils and moral panics, Stanley Cohen, mass hysteria, media manipulation, crowd mania, simulacra

Foto: Peter Senko (2018)

Critically evaluate the idea that imprisonment will ‘cure’ offending

Abstract: Contemporary prisons are more interested in isolating the individual deviant element from the rest of society but not to a point that it will involve a heavy investment. This in turn does not help to rehabilitate offenders, but instead creates some sort of "criminal schools" - a man of questionable decency that has done wrong goes in, but a hardened criminal comes out. As such, contemporary prisons are actually a detriment to public order and make the work of the police harder.
Key words: Durkheim, Foucault, Discipline and Punishment, Prisonization, Prison Community

Foto: Peter Senko (2018)

Explain and evaluate Bauman’s thesis on the Holocaust and modernity

Abstract: Zygmunt Bauman and his work Modernity and the Holocaust have argued that sophisticated and intelligent preparation and execution was required for the Holocaust to function. Historical media as well as popular culture have more often than not portrayed the Nazi Germany and Hitler's regime as barbaric and those that followed Adolf Hitler nothing more than beasts. This essay with the support of Modernity and the Holocaust by Bauman argues that it takes more than beasts to perform a genocide on this grand scale.
Key words: Modernity and the Holocaust, Zygmunt Bauman, WW II, systematic elimination, intelligence required for the existence of the Holocaust