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Criminal Intelligence
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:20
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_482 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 4.00 | ECTS: | 6.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Law; Civil and Military Defense | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Brigita Lasenberga | ||||||||
| 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: | Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure Law. Operational Activities Law. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students with theoretical knowledge and develop practical skills in the implementation of criminal intelligence in the prevention and solving of economic crime. Tasks: 1. to provide students with theoretical knowledge on the nature of criminal intelligence, the use of criminal intelligence results in the organisation of institutional work, the development of the criminal intelligence model; 2. to develop an understanding of the information available for criminal intelligence and the possibilities for its selection, analysis and use; 3. to develop practical criminal intelligence skills in the prevention and solving of economic crime, the application of analysis, according to specialisation, the use of criminal intelligence products in the organisation of the work of the institution / evidence. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the study course. The concept of criminal intelligence. The concept of criminal intelligence model. Objectives, tasks and legal framework of criminal intelligence. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Use of information sources in criminal intelligence | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Data collection plan and analytical file | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Certain types and methods of operational analysis and their use in preventing and combating economic crime | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Use of criminal intelligence information, analytical reports as evidence in criminal proceedings for economic crime | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Criminal intelligence in recovery of proceeds of crime | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Opportunities for international cooperation in criminal intelligence | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Criminal intelligence and strategic analysis | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | State Police, State Revenue Service in the development of the national criminal intelligence model | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | International institutions and their role in the criminal intelligence system for combating economic crime | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | The European Criminal Intelligence Model (ECIM) and the concept of developing EU policy based on criminal intelligence | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | The role of criminal intelligence results in preventing and combating economic crime, planning and organising institutional activities. Criminal intelligence and shaping the institution’s operational strategy, policy development. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Introduction to the study course. The concept of criminal intelligence. The concept of criminal intelligence model. Objectives, tasks and legal framework of criminal intelligence. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Use of information sources in criminal intelligence | Lectures | 0.75 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Data collection plan and analytical file | Lectures | 0.75 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Certain types and methods of operational analysis and their use in preventing and combating economic crime | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Use of criminal intelligence information, analytical reports as evidence in criminal proceedings for economic crime | Lectures | 0.75 | ||||||
| 6 | Criminal intelligence in recovery of proceeds of crime | Lectures | 0.75 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Opportunities for international cooperation in criminal intelligence | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Criminal intelligence and strategic analysis | Lectures | 0.75 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | State Police, State Revenue Service in the development of the national criminal intelligence model | Lectures | 0.75 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | International institutions and their role in the criminal intelligence system for combating economic crime | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 11 | The European Criminal Intelligence Model (ECIM) and the concept of developing EU policy based on criminal intelligence | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 12 | The role of criminal intelligence results in preventing and combating economic crime, planning and organising institutional activities. Criminal intelligence and shaping the institution’s operational strategy, policy development. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | The study course will build students’ skills in synthesising theoretical approaches with empirical facts and develop students’ ability to assess the scope, types and impact of economic crime on national security. Knowledge of criminal intelligence methods and techniques to ensure the use of available information for achieving specific criminal intelligence objectives. Within specific assignments, the ability to develop a coherent and complex economic crime investigation will be developed. Before the practical classes, students are familiarised with the required reading and laws and regulations governing the criminal intelligence process. During the class, students work in groups, analyse cases and solve problems, develop plans for information acquisition and analysis, according to the types of crime. At the end of the group work, students present their work and discuss it with their peers. As part of the study course, students write a paper (10-12 pages) on a topic of their choice. In the report, the student analyses specific types of economic crime, identifies sources of information, develops a plan for information acquisition and analysis, selects analytical methods and justifies the use of the results in evidence or conducts a strategic analysis of types of economic crime. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Activity and preparedness during classes – 20%; Paper – 30%; Exam (test) – 50%. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Upon successful completion of the study course, the student: - analyses the possibilities of using criminal intelligence in the development of the institution’s work organisation, evidence and the recovery of proceeds of crime; - describes how criminal intelligence information is exchanged at national and international level; - explains their role and responsibilities and those of the institution they represent in the National Criminal Intelligence Model and the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT). | ||||||||
| Skills: | Upon successful completion of the study course, the student: - will be able to acquire, group, analyse and evaluate criminal intelligence information using strategic operational analytical methods; - will carry out activities related to the analysis of criminal intelligence development issues, planning and implementation thereof; - will carry out the tasks of the National Criminal Intelligence Model and the European Multidisciplinary Platform Against Criminal Threats (EMPACT); - will take optimal decisions on the necessary actions to prevent and combat economic crime, based on the results of the strategic analysis. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Upon successful completion of the study course, the student: - will set the strategic and operational-tactical objectives of the institution to combat economic crime; - will objectively define strategic priorities for preventing and combating economic crime; - will be able to make optimal decisions on the necessary measures to obtain new criminal intelligence information; - will evaluate the institution’s performance in combating economic crime. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Guidance on the Preparation and Use of Serious and Organize Crime Threat Assessments. The SOCTA Handbook. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Pieejams tiessaistē. | ||||||||
| 2 | Klarks, R.V., Eks, K.Dž. 2011. Noziedzības analīze 60 soļos. Problēmorientēta policijas darba centrs. Valsts policija | ||||||||
| 3 | Likums „Par valsts noslēpumu”. Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, 181, 29.10.1996. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Noziedzīgo nodarījumu novēršanas, atklāšanas un izmeklēšanas ziņu apmaiņas likums. Latvijas Republikas likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis, 51, 01.04.2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 5 | Ministru kabineta 2022. gada 18. janvāra noteikumi Nr. 37 "Kriminālizlūkošanas atbalsta informācijas sistēmas noteikumi". Latvijas Vēstnesis, 14, 20.01.2022. | ||||||||
| 6 | Ministru kabineta 2017.gada 24.janvāra instrukcija Nr.1 "Tiesībsaizsardzības iestāžu sadarbības kārtība noziedzības novēršanā un apkarošanā". Latvijas Vēstnesis, 21, 26.01.2017. | ||||||||
| 7 | Valsts policijas 2010.gada 4.februāra pavēle Nr.150 „Par Kriminālizlūkošanas Uzdevumu un koordinācijas grupas darbības kārtības un kriminālizlūkošanas produktu saturisko aprakstu (standartu) apstiprināšanu, kriminālizlūkošanas amatpersonu nozīmēšanu”. | ||||||||
| 8 | Ministru kabineta 2009.gada 1.septembra noteikumi Nr. 979 "Rezultātu un rezultativo rādītāju sistēmas darbības kārtība". Latvijas Vēstnesis, 141, 04.09.2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 9 | Ministru kabineta 2009.gada 11.augusta noteikumi Nr.886 "Noteikumi par noziedzīgo nodarījumu novēršanas, atklāšanas un izmeklēšanas ziņu sniegšanas veidlapu saturu un formu". Latvijas Vēstnesis, 129, 14.08.2009. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 10 | Valsts policijas 2009.gada 28.oktobra pavēle Nr.1576 „Par Koncepcijas par Kriminālizlūkošanas modeli Valsts policijā apstiprināšanu”. | ||||||||
| 11 | Operational intelligence analysis. CEPOL. Pieejams tiešsaistē | ||||||||
| 12 | An Analytic Approach to Investigations. Pieejams tiešsaistē. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | EUR-Lex. Piekļuve Eiropas Savienības tiesību aktiem | ||||||||
| 2 | Europol. Pieejams tiešsaistē. | ||||||||
