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Forensic Medicine
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:5.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_282 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 1.00 | ECTS: | 1.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Clinical Medicine; Forensic Medicine | Target Audience: | Person and Property Defence | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Ojārs Teteris | ||||||||
| 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) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 16 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 2 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 4 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 6 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Prior knowledge is not necessary. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Acquire knowledge of forensic possibilities in detecting criminal offences and develop practical skills in using these opportunities in criminal proceedings. Tasks: 1. Enhance students’ understanding of the examination of the dead body and specific character of it at the scene; 2. Promote students’ understanding of the procedure of conducting forensic medical examination, its specific character and issues to be addressed; 3. Enhance students’ understanding of the morphology of various types of bodily injury, the mechanism for their emergence. Develop students’ skills of understanding laws and regulations of the Republic of Latvia. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Organisation of forensic medical examinations in Latvia and the structure. Procedural basis for forensic medical examination. Traumatology in forensic medicine. Mechanogenesis of mechanical injuries. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Transport injuries. Injuries due to fall from height. Occupational injuries. Criminal injuries. Shooting injuries and injuries due to explosion. Mechanical asphyxia. Electrical injuries. Exposure to high and low temperatures. Exposure to radiation. Poisoning. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Competence of the State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination. Tanatology. Violent and non-violent death. Sudden death. Assessment of the severity of the bodily injuries. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Signs of the dead body and examination methods. Inspecting the dead body at the scene of the event. Forensic medical examination of the dead body. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Types of examination of the live persons. Forensic examinations in sexual assault crimes. Forensic biological examination. Rules for collection of samples for forensic biological examination. Medical forensic examination. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Organisation of forensic medical examinations in Latvia and the structure. Procedural basis for forensic medical examination. Traumatology in forensic medicine. Mechanogenesis of mechanical injuries. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Transport injuries. Injuries due to fall from height. Occupational injuries. Criminal injuries. Shooting injuries and injuries due to explosion. Mechanical asphyxia. Electrical injuries. Exposure to high and low temperatures. Exposure to radiation. Poisoning. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Competence of the State Centre for Forensic Medical Examination. Tanatology. Violent and non-violent death. Sudden death. Assessment of the severity of the bodily injuries. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Signs of the dead body and examination methods. Inspecting the dead body at the scene of the event. Forensic medical examination of the dead body. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Types of examination of the live persons. Forensic examinations in sexual assault crimes. Forensic biological examination. Rules for collection of samples for forensic biological examination. Medical forensic examination. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work in the library; work with the Internet resources, debates, discussions, consultations. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Learning the topics of the study course, participation in seminars and practical classes, passing regular examinations. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Test | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student has acquired basic knowledge of forensic medicine; the student has knowledge of inspecting the dead body at the scene of the event in accordance with the cause of death; the student has knowledge of the mechanism for occurrence of bodily injuries; the student has knowledge of prescribing forensic examination. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The skill of carrying out an inspection of the dead body at the scene in cases of various criminal offences; the ability to identify and analyse the mechanism for the development of the bodily injuries; the ability to prescribe forensic examination and the ability to analyse the medical expert opinion. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Able to independently carry out inspection of the dead body at the scene of the event in cases of various criminal offences; able to determine and analyse the mechanism of the occurrence of the bodily injuries; able to prescribe forensic medical examination and analyse the expert opinion. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Normatīvie akti. | ||||||||
| 2 | 21.04.2005. likums "Kriminālprocesa likums" ("LV", 74 (3232), 11.05.2005.) [stājas spēkā 01.10.2005.]; | ||||||||
| 3 | 11.02.2016. likums "Tiesu ekspertu likums" ("LV", 42 (5614), 01.03.2016.) [stājas spēkā 15.03.2016.]; | ||||||||
| 4 | Monogrāfijas | ||||||||
| 5 | Deņkovskis A., Matiševs A.., Tiesu medicīna. Rīga, Zvaigzne,1981. | ||||||||
| 6 | Крюков В. Н., Судебная медицина. Москва, Медицина, 1990. | ||||||||
| 7 | Šmidts V., Līķa apskate notikuma vietā. Rīga, LPA, 1994. | ||||||||
| 8 | Матишев А. А., Осмотр трупа на месте его обнаружения. Ленинград, Медицина, 1998. | ||||||||
| 9 | Teteris O., Tiesu medicīnas esence. Rasa ABC, 2004. | ||||||||
| 10 | Dolinak D., Matches E., Lew E. “Forensic Pathology Principles and Practice” – Elsevier Academic Press 2005 | ||||||||
| 11 | Tiesu medicīnas praktikums. RSU, 2007. | ||||||||
| 12 | J. A. Prahlow “Forensic Pathology for Police, Death Investigators, Attorneys, and Forensic Scientists” – Springer, 2010 | ||||||||
| 13 | J. Payne-James et al. “Simpson´s Forensic Medicine”, 13th ed. – Arnold, London 2011 | ||||||||
