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Information Processing and Analysis Specialist
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:56
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_309 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 3.00 | ECTS: | 4.50 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Theory and History of Rights | Target Audience: | Person and Property Defence | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Inga Šamarova | ||||||||
| 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) | 18 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 36 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 6 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 12 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 3 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 6 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 18 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Completed study course “Introduction to Information Systems and Technologies”. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide and improve theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the work of information processing and analysis specialist. Assignments: 1. To provide theoretical knowledge on operational analysis and its importance, geography of crime analysis, analytical project work organization and planning, software use options in WINDOWS and interactive environment, possibilities of specialised software in the process of analysis and data import. 2. Improve practical skills in the area of information processing and analysis. 3. Improvement of practical skills in analytical work, situation modelling. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Operational analysis. | Lectures | 10.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Analysis of geography of crime (geography of crime). | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Analytical project work organisation and planning. | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Operational analysis. | Lectures | 4.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 2 | Analysis of geography of crime (geography of crime). | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Analytical project work organisation and planning. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Practical work - operational analysis, geography of crime analysis, analytical project work organization and planning, use of specialised software in operational analysis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Mastering the topics of the study course, participation in seminars and practical classes, passing of regular tests. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The ability to demonstrate comprehensive knowledge on operational analysis and outcome analysis. | ||||||||
| Skills: | The ability to apply general and specialised terminology, complete practical assignments that are related to operational analysis and its importance, geography of crime analysis, analytical project work organization and planning, software use options in WINDOWS and interactive environment, possibilities of specialised software in the process of analysis and data import. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Ability to identify and analyse practical problems by finding a solution of the problem. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Normatīvo aktu un literatūras saraksts: | ||||||||
| 2 | Analystical Investigation Methods (“Analītiskās izmeklēšanas metodes”) materiāli, ANACAPA SciencesInc., 2004. | ||||||||
| 3 | Eiropas Komisijas Phare 2002 Twinning projekta “Valsts policija” Berlīnes Kriminālpolicijas ekspertu seminārā “Operatīvā analīze” materiāli, 2004; Eiropas Komisijas Phare 2002 Twinning projekta “Valsts policija” Berlīnes Kriminālpolicijas ekspertu seminārā “Speciāla analītiska programmatūra” materiāli, 2004. | ||||||||
| 4 | Europol’sOperational Integrated Analysis Training (OIAT TTT)Course, Europol, 2011. | ||||||||
| 5 | ICPO – Interpola kriminālās informācijas intelektuālās analīzes* vadlīnijas 3. variants 2000. gada marts (*Kriminālās informācijas intelektuālā analīze – criminalintelligenceanalysis). | ||||||||
| 6 | Analitiķa rokasgrāmata (projekts), A.Ambrosovs, 2004-2008. | ||||||||
| 7 | EUROPOL analytical guidelines, Europol, 2001. | ||||||||
| 8 | Europol intelligence handling, Europol, 2003. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | http://www.vp.gov.lv. | ||||||||
| 2 | http://www.iem.gov.lv. | ||||||||
| 3 | http://www.ic.iem.gov.lv/ | ||||||||
| 4 | http://www.lv.lv | ||||||||
