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Introduction to Criminal Search
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:53
Study Course Information | |||||||||
Course Code: | JF_300 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
Branch of Science: | Law; Theory of Forensic Science and Investigation Field Work | Target Audience: | Person and Property Defence | ||||||
Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
Course Supervisor: | Irina Dolgova | ||||||||
Study Course Implementer | |||||||||
Structural Unit: | Faculty of Social Sciences | ||||||||
The Head of Structural Unit: | |||||||||
Contacts: | Dzirciema street 16, Rīga, szfrsu[pnkts]lv | ||||||||
Study Course Planning | |||||||||
Full-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
Lectures (count) | 12 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 24 | ||||
Classes (count) | 4 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 8 | ||||
Total Contact Hours | 32 | ||||||||
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: | Prior knowledge is not necessary. | ||||||||
Objective: | Acquire understanding of the nature, legal basis and content of criminal investigation and operational activities. Tasks: 1. Enhance students’ understanding of the principles, content, means and process of criminal investigation. 2. Develop students’ understanding of cooperation with other subjects of operational activity. 3. Enhance students’ understanding of cooperation with law enforcement institutions. | ||||||||
Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | The concept and nature of criminal investigation. Principles and legal basis of criminal investigation. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Subjects of criminal investigation and participants of criminal investigation. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Operational activities. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
4 | Criminal investigative measures. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Criminal investigative tools. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
6 | Criminal investigation process. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
7 | Search of fugitive criminals and missing persons. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
8 | Cooperation between the police services and Criminal Police. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
1 | The concept and nature of criminal investigation. Principles and legal basis of criminal investigation. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
2 | Subjects of criminal investigation and participants of criminal investigation. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
3 | Operational activities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
4 | Criminal investigative measures. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
5 | Criminal investigative tools. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
6 | Criminal investigation process. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
7 | Search of fugitive criminals and missing persons. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
8 | Cooperation between the police services and Criminal Police. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
Assessment | |||||||||
Unaided Work: | Work in the library; work with the Internet resources, debates and discussions. | ||||||||
Assessment Criteria: | Learning the topics of the study course, participation in seminars and practical classes, passing regular examinations. | ||||||||
Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
Knowledge: | The student has mastered the basic knowledge of the nature of criminal investigation and operational activity; the student has acquired basic knowledge of the legal basis and content of criminal investigation and operational activity; the student has acquired basic knowledge of the principles of criminal investigation; the student has mastered basic knowledge of criminal investigation tools and process; the student has mastered basic knowledge of cooperation with other subjects of operational activity; the student has acquired basic knowledge of cooperation with law enforcement institutions. | ||||||||
Skills: | Ability to apply the acquired knowledge in criminal investigation process; skills to apply the acquired knowledge in operational activities; ability to use the acquired knowledge in cooperation with other subjects of operational activity; ability to use the acquired knowledge in the information analysis. | ||||||||
Competencies: | Has a good knowledge of the process and tools of criminal investigation; has a good knowledge of operative measures; has a good knowledge of other subjects of operational activity. | ||||||||
Bibliography | |||||||||
No. | Reference | ||||||||
Required Reading | |||||||||
1 | 16.12.1993. likums "Operatīvās darbības likums" ("LV", 131, 30.12.1993.; Ziņotājs, 1, 13.01.1994.) [stājas spēkā 13.01.1994.]; | ||||||||
2 | 17.10.1996. likums "Par valsts noslēpumu" ("LV", 181 (666), 29.10.1996.; Ziņotājs, 22, 28.11.1996.) [stājas spēkā 01.01.1997.]; | ||||||||
3 | 23.03.2000. likums "Fizisko personu datu aizsardzības likums" ("LV", 123/124 (2034/2035), 06.04.2000.; Ziņotājs, 9, 04.05.2000.) [stājas spēkā 20.04.2000.]; | ||||||||
4 | 17.06.1998. likums "Krimināllikums" ("LV", 199/200 (1260/1261), 08.07.1998.; Ziņotājs, 15, 04.08.1998.) [stājas spēkā 01.04.1999.]; | ||||||||
5 | 21.04.2005. likums "Kriminālprocesa likums" ("LV", 74 (3232), 11.05.2005.; Ziņotājs, 11, 09.06.2005.) [stājas spēkā 01.10.2005.]; | ||||||||
6 | 04.06.1991. likums "Par policiju" (Ziņotājs, 37, 24.09.1992.) [stājas spēkā 04.06.1991.]; | ||||||||
7 | 31.10.2002. likums "Ieslodzījuma vietu pārvaldes likums" ("LV", 168 (2743), 19.11.2002.; Ziņotājs, 23, 12.12.2002.) [stājas spēkā 01.01.2003.]; | ||||||||
8 | Beikmanis J., Ievads kriminālmeklēšanā shēmā. LPA, 2006. | ||||||||
9 | Kavalieris A., Operatīvās darbības likuma komentāri. LPA, 2003. | ||||||||
10 | Kavalieris A., Makans L., Ievads kriminālmeklēšanā. LPA, 2002. | ||||||||
Other Information Sources | |||||||||
1 | Žurnāls ,,Administratīvā un kriminālā justīcija”. | ||||||||
2 | Nedēļraksts ,, Jurista vārds”. | ||||||||
3 | www.likumi.lv | ||||||||
4 | www.akti.lv | ||||||||
5 | www.vp.gov.lv | ||||||||
6 | www.intranet.vp.gov.lv | ||||||||
7 | www.forensics-news.com |