INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL ENFORCEMENT LAW AND ITS RELATION TO PENOLOGY Concept and subject of criminal enforcement law. The relationship between criminal executive law and penology. TYPES, PURPOSE, AND EXECUTION OF CRIMINAL SANCTIONS Types of criminal sanctions. The purpose of prescribing and imposing sanctions. Purpose of execution of sanctions. Fundamental rights of citizens and their limitations for the purposes of execution of criminal sanctions. PENALTIES Theories about the meaning and purpose of punishment. Types of punishments in Croatian criminal law. PRISON SENTENCE The historical origin of imprisonment. Systems of execution of custodial sentences. LEGAL SOURCES OF PRISON SENTENCE EXECUTION Sources in domestic and international law. International Prison Rules and Standards. Rights of prisoners and their protection. European court for human rights. EXECUTION OF PRISON SENTENCES IN CROATIA: Principles of serving a prison sentence. Protection of the rights of convicts. Bodies for the execution of prison sentences. Execution judge. The course of serving a prison sentence: Referral to serving a prison sentence. Postponement of execution, admission of convicts, and their classification. Individual execution program. Work, employment, and education of prisoners. Life in prison: personal rights and accommodation of prisoners, health care in prison. Benefits and deciding on them. Suspension of the sentence. Order and security in prison. CURRENT ISSUES AND PROBLEMS IN THE EXECUTION OF PRISON SENTENCES; Prison overcrowding. Violence in prisons. Privatization of prisons. CHANGES IN THE EXECUTION OF CRIMINAL SANCTIONS; Amnesty and pardon. Extraordinary remedies. Statute of limitations for the execution of a criminal sanction. Parole. Transfer of prisoners. Transfer of execution of prison sentence to a foreign country. POST-CRIMINAL PROTECTION AND ASSISTANCE AND CONSEQUENCES OF CONVICTIONS; Introductory remarks. Post-criminal protection and assistance in Croatia. Categories of persons who need help and protection. Recidivists. Consequences of conviction. Legal consequences of a conviction. Rehabilitation. EXECUTION OF OTHER CRIMINAL SANCTIONS DEATH PENALTY

After completing the course, the student will be able to: 1. Define the basic concepts of the executive law , 2. List and describe the types and purpose of criminal sanctions, 3. Explain the historical development and affirmation of imprisonment, 4. Describe the course of the prison sentence execution procedure and interpret the principles of the execution procedure and procedural institutes, 5. To present and critically analyze the issue of protecting the rights of prisoners, 6. Analyze the existing provisions of the Law on Execution of Prison Sentences and propose changes in order to eliminate deficiencies,