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Technical, Tactical and Methodological Aspects of Operational Activities
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:07.05.2024 12:03:14
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_478 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Management | Target Audience: | Civil and Military Defense; Management Science; Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Armands Lusts | ||||||||
| 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) | 8 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 16 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 20 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Prior knowledge of the process of operational activities. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with new knowledge on the use of operational techniques, tactics and methodologies in the prevention and solving of economic crime. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Legal framework for the use of technical means in ensuring operational measures | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Specifics of the use of technical means in the prevention and solving of economic crime | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Preconditions for the use of technical means in the implementation of operational activities measures to be performed in accordance with the special method | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Use of technical means in cross-border cooperation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Planning and implementation of an operational activities measure involving technical means | Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Use of cover organisations in the implementation of operational activities measures, prevention and solving of economic crime | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Use of infiltration operations to prevent and combat economic crime | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Specifics of the implementation of covert cooperation in the prevention and solving of economic crime | Lectures | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Legal framework for the use of technical means in ensuring operational measures | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Specifics of the use of technical means in the prevention and solving of economic crime | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Preconditions for the use of technical means in the implementation of operational activities measures to be performed in accordance with the special method | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Use of technical means in cross-border cooperation | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Planning and implementation of an operational activities measure involving technical means | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Use of cover organisations in the implementation of operational activities measures, prevention and solving of economic crime | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Use of infiltration operations to prevent and combat economic crime | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Specifics of the implementation of covert cooperation in the prevention and solving of economic crime | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Students independently study the instructions of the subjects of operational activities issued in accordance with Article 3(2) of the Operational Activities Law. Students independently solve cases and propose solutions related to the use of operational-technical means, cover organisations, infiltration operations and the implementation of covert cooperation in the prevention and solving of economic crime. At the end of the course, students take an exam. Assessment according to criteria of the RSU Academic Regulations I. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Student activity in the seminars and the case solutions they propose are assessed (50% of the final assessment). The exam grade makes up 50% of the final assessment of the course. Assessment according to criteria of the RSU Academic Regulations I. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the study course, students are able: - to assess the optimal use of operational-technical means in the prevention and solving of economic crime; - to explain the requirements of laws and regulations on the use of operational-technical means at national level and in cross-border cooperation; - to study the optimal use of operational activities to achieve the objectives of criminal investigations. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon successful completion of the study course, students are able: - to assess the possibilities of using technical means, operational activities methods and means to prevent and combat economic crime; - to choose the appropriate form of cooperation in the use of covert operations and the involvement of covert assistants. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon successful completion of the study course, students are able to assess the operational situation and, depending on the objective to be achieved and the circumstances, are able to select the appropriate technical means and methods, plan tactically correct implementation of operational activities and assess the information obtained. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Carter, D.L. 2021. Law Enforcement Intelligence A Guide for State, Local, and Tribal Law Enforcement Agencies. Bureau of Justice Assistance U.S. Department of Justice | ||||||||
| 2 | Girod, R.J. 2014. Advanced Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Operations Tradecraft Methods, Practices, Tactics, and Techniques. Routledge | ||||||||
| 3 | Operatīvās darbības likums. Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, 131, 30.12.1993. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Operatīvās darbības subjektu instrukcijas, kas pieņemtas, atbilstoši Operatīvās darbības likuma 3.panta otrajai daļai. | ||||||||
| 5 | Lieljuksis, A. 2021. Operatīvās darbības tiesiskās un praktiskās problēmas. Rīga: Rīgas Stradiņa universitāte | ||||||||
| 6 | Policing and Human Rights Eliminating Discrimination, Xenophobia, Intolerance and the Abuse of Power from Police Work. 2004. United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Crime Investigation (Investigation Features of the most Frequently Encountered Crimes). 2003. edited by Kavalieris Riga: Publishing House "Valters un Rapa" | ||||||||
| 2 | Kinnee, K.B. 1994. Practical investigation techniques. Boca Raton, Fla.: CRC Press | ||||||||
| 3 | Makans, L. 2019. Daži opertīvās darbības procesa optimizācijas aspekti. // Administratīvā un Kriminālā Justīcija Nr. 2. | ||||||||
