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Forensic Medicine and Psychiatry
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:8.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:31:06
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_026 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Lidija Juļa | ||||||||
| 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) | 10 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 20 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 6 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 12 | ||||
| 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) | 1 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 2 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Elementary knowledge of human anatomy, psychology, chemistry and physics. | ||||||||
| Objective: | Gain the knowledge of the basic disciplines of forensic medicine and psychiatry needed by a lawyer and social worker. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Involvement of a doctor as a professional or expert in the cognitive, investigative or legal process. Criminal Procedure Law. Law on Forensic Experts. Legal significance of medical records. Forensic medical records. Laws on the protection of the body of the deceased and procedures for the removal of tissues and organs for transplantation. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Activities of the doctor and the investigator and issues to be dealt with regarding the examination of the body at the scene of death. Signs of death at different stages after death. Teaching about trace evidence – ‘trasology'. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Trauma in forensic medicine. Medical criteria for assessing the severity of physical injury. Types of forensic medical examination. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Forensic medical examination in cases of sexual offences. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Mental illnesses and disorders. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Subject of forensic psychiatry. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 7 | Organisation of the Forensic Medicine Centre. Sub-disciplines of forensic science and laboratories. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Forensic medical examination of the dead body. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Issues in forensic psychiatry. | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Involvement of a doctor as a professional or expert in the cognitive, investigative or legal process. Criminal Procedure Law. Law on Forensic Experts. Legal significance of medical records. Forensic medical records. Laws on the protection of the body of the deceased and procedures for the removal of tissues and organs for transplantation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Trauma in forensic medicine. Medical criteria for assessing the severity of physical injury. Types of forensic medical examination. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Forensic medical examination in cases of sexual offences. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Subject of forensic psychiatry. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 9 | Issues in forensic psychiatry. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Prepare for seminars, write a report, and prepare for the multiple choice tests of theoretical knowledge. In order to evaluate the quality of the study course as a whole, the student must fill out the study course evaluation questionnaire on the Student Portal. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Multiple choice tests in forensic medicine and psychiatry (2). Independent work – a report. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon completion of the study course, students will have acquired the knowledge required for a lawyer in forensic medicine and psychiatry. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon completion of the study course, students will understand the opinions provided by the experts of forensic medicine and forensic psychiatry. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon completion of the study course, students will use the acquired knowledge in the work of a lawyer or social worker. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Teteris O. Tiesu medicīnas esence. Rīga: Rasa ABC, 2004. | ||||||||
| 2 | Tiesu medicīnas praktikums. Rīga: RSU, 2007. | ||||||||
| 3 | Kavalieris A., Edvardsons, Lapiņš, Volksone V. ,Teteris O. u.c. Tiesu ekspertīzes Latvijā. Rokasgrāmata izziņas darb., 2002. | ||||||||
| 4 | LR Kriminālprocesa likums, 2005. | ||||||||
