The issue of an offender's personality in criminology

of the thesis "The issue of perpetrator personality in criminology" The purpose of the thesis is to analyse the personality of perpetrators and their criminal motivation. Special atention is payed to the different reasons of their criminal behavior. The thesis consists of the two main parts: the first one is theoretical and provides a base for the second part, which is concerned with a particular criminal case. Chapter one defines basic terminology, used in this thesis. It deals with problems between terminology, used in criminal law and in criminology. Chapter two focuses on theories that evolved throughout the history, in order to understand particular criminal behavior. Chapter three is about modern approach to study the perpetrators' personality, used in forensic psychology. The following chapter concerns the criminal motivation and points out some of the problems that terminology differences may cause. It reveals that on the field of criminal law, we often see an outdated terminology, in comparison with psychology, which does implicate problems in practice. Chapter five describes the capital crime - the murder. It deals with the contemporary Czech legislation and the classification of murders. Chapter six is divided into three parts, which are all related to the topic of serial murders; the..