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Current Issues in the Development and Prevention of Crime
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:31:05
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_096 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Andrejs Vilks | ||||||||
| Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
| Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
| The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
| Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szf rsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
| Study Course Planning | |||||||||
| Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 4 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 8 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 12 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Criminology. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students of the Master’s study programme with knowledge of the current trends in the development of crime and the possibilities of preventing and combating crime. To promote the students' understanding of the essence of crime, the determinants thereof, connection with other processes of social, legal, and political nature. Students are able to carry out research in the field of crime awareness. Analyse criminological processes in a creative and constructive manner, substantiate their opinion. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Content of the course and conditions for completing the course. Current issues in the development and prevention of crime. Criminology as a science of crime. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Terrorism in the modern world. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Anthropological school of crime. Psychological school of crime. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Sociological school of crime. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Modern criminological theories and schools. The global crisis and the problems related to the development and prevention of crime. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Presentation of reports. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Content of the course and conditions for completing the course. Current issues in the development and prevention of crime. Criminology as a science of crime. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Terrorism in the modern world. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Anthropological school of crime. Psychological school of crime. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Sociological school of crime. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Modern criminological theories and schools. The global crisis and the problems related to the development and prevention of crime. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Presentation of reports. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | A report. The topic of the report must be agreed with the lecturer and the report must be presented. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Students are assessed according to the RSU Academic Regulations I. The presented report, relevance of the content thereof, and the final exam are evaluated. The final assessment depends on the sum of the assessment of the report and the exam (the grade of the exam is decisive). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knowledge of criminological theories and schools, crime and other anti-social phenomena, determinants thereof, and learning about the criminal’s identity, theoretical and practical problems in preventing and combating crime. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students acquire the skills and abilities to independently analyse different approaches, evaluating criminal phenomena and processes. Students have a broad understanding of the essence of crime, the determinants thereof, connection with other processes of social, legal, and political nature. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to independently forecast trends in the development of the criminogenic situation and to choose the best response methods. Students are able to carry out research in the field of crime awareness. Analyse criminological processes in a creative and constructive manner, substantiate their opinion. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Frank E. Hagan and Leah Elizabeth Daigle. Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior. Tenth Edition. Pieejams: https://edge.sagepub.com/hagan10e | ||||||||
| 2 | Kriminoloģija. R., Nordik, 2004. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Drošība un tiesiskums Latvijā. Zinātnisko rakstu krājums. Latvijas universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts. Rīga, 2007. | ||||||||
| 2 | Birkavs V. Zinātne – pret noziedzību. R., 1986. | ||||||||
| 3 | Griķis J. Par noziedzības sociāliem cēloņiem Latvijā. Kriminālstatistisks apskats. Tieslietu ministrijas vēstnesis. R., 1924. | ||||||||
| 4 | Krastiņš I. Tiesību doktrīnas. R., 1996. | ||||||||
| 5 | Krastiņš I. Tiesību teorijas pamatjēdzieni. R., 1996. | ||||||||
| 6 | Krastiņš U. Mācība par nozieguma sastāvu. R., 1994. | ||||||||
| 7 | Kristapsone S. Noziedzība Latvijā (noziedzību noteicošie sociāli ekonomiskie faktori Latvijā 90.gados). R., ‘’Raka’’, 2003. | ||||||||
| 8 | Krugļevskis A Kriminālpolitika. Lekcijas. R., 1934, | ||||||||
| 9 | Likumpārkāpumi un sabiedrībai nevēlamas parādības. Statikas datu krājums. R., 2003. | ||||||||
| 10 | LZP ekonomikas un juridiskās zinātnes galvenie pētījumu virzieni 1994. – 1996. g. R., 1997. | ||||||||
| 11 | Meļķisis E. No tiesību filozofijas vēstures. R., 1997. | ||||||||
| 12 | Stumbiņa Ē., Birkavs V., Niedre A. Kriminoloģija. R., 1981. | ||||||||
| 13 | Ugrjumovs A. Noziedzības cēloņi un apkarošanas līdzekļi. Tieslietu ministrijas vēstnesis. R., 1922., Nr. 6 | ||||||||
| 14 | Vilks A. Deviantoloģija. Mācība par uzvedības sociālajām novirzēm.R., Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2001. | ||||||||
| 15 | Vilks A. Latvijas kriminālās dimensijas: tendenču analīzes un nākotnes vīzijas//Sociālekonomiskā procesa trajektorija Latvijā laikā no 1985. līdz 2002. gadam. Kur tā ved Latviju? : zinātnisks pēt– Ventspils, Ventspils Augstskola, 2002. – 319-333 lpp. | ||||||||
| 16 | Vilks A. Cilvēku un viņu orgānu tirdzniecība: kriminoloģiskās, politiskās un sociālās problēmas.Ieskats XXI gadsimta kriminālajās reālijās. R., BAAF, 2002. | ||||||||
| 17 | Кондратюк Л.В, В.С.Овчинский Криминологическое измерение. Москва, Норма, 2008. | ||||||||
| 18 | Adler F., Mueller G.O.W., Laufer W.S. Criminology. 2 d. Ed. N.Y., 1995. | ||||||||
| 19 | Binder A., Gilbert G. Methods of Research in Criminology and Criminal Justice. N.Y., 1983. | ||||||||
| 20 | Crime and Criminology. 3 d. Ed. N.Y., 1981. | ||||||||
| 21 | Eisenberg U. Krimonologie, 4 d. Ed., 1995. | ||||||||
| 22 | David Garland THE CULTURE OF CONTROL.Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. XIII, 307 p. | ||||||||
| 23 | Kaiser G., Kerner J.H., Sock F., Schellhops H Kleines Krimonologisches Worterbuch. Stutgart, 1993. | ||||||||
| 24 | Siegel L.J. Criminology: theories, patterns arn typologies. West, 1992. | ||||||||
| 25 | Amerikas kriminologu asociācija – http://asc41.com/ | ||||||||
| 26 | Kriminoloģijas Interneta mega saits – http://faculty.ncwc.edu/toconnor/criminology.htm | ||||||||
| 27 | ASV kritiskās kriminoloģijas saits – http://critcrim.org/ | ||||||||
| 28 | Skandināvijas Kriminoloģisko pētījumu padome – http://www.nsfk.org/ | ||||||||
| 29 | Austrālijas kriminoloģisko pētījumu padome – http://www.aic.gov.au/crc/ | ||||||||
| 30 | Kembridžas universitātes kriminoloģijas saits – http://www.crim.cam.ac.uk/ | ||||||||
| 31 | Kriminoloģisko teoriju saits – http://www.crimetheory.com/ | ||||||||
| 32 | Eiropas noziedzības novēršanas un kontroles institūts (HEUNI) – http://www.heuni.fi/ | ||||||||
| 33 | Pasaules kriminālās tiesvedības elektroniskā biblioteka – http://www.newark.rutgers.edu/~vylen/WCJ/ | ||||||||
| 34 | Eiropols – http://www.europol.eu.int/ | ||||||||
| 35 | Interpols – http://www.interpol.int/ | ||||||||
| 36 | Teorētiskās kriminoloģijas saits – http://tcr.sagepub.com/ | ||||||||
| 37 | Britānijas kriminoloģijas padome – http://www.britsoccrim.org/ | ||||||||
| 38 | Eiropas Kriminoloģijas padome – http://esc-eurocrim.org/ | ||||||||
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