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Public Security Theory and Policy
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:3.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:38
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_524 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Juridical Science; Civil and Military Defense | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Andrejs Vilks | ||||||||
| 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) | 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 in Political Science, Criminology is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To learn the basics of ensuring public and public safety, identify the most important theories of public safety and promote understanding of their implementation in the state administration and political planning process. Tasks: learn the terminology of the study course; build an understanding of public safety theories; realize applicability of public safety theories in state administration and political planning process. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept and nature of public security. The nature of politics and political planning. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Public safety risks and threats. Identification of threats to public safety. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | General characteristics of public security theories. Theory of social contract in ensuring public security. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Public choice theory and public security. Public and national security. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Public safety assurance system. Institutional provision of public safety. Legal regulation of public safety. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Public security practice and experience. Foreign experience in ensuring public safety. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Directions for the modernization of public safety. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | The concept and nature of public security. The nature of politics and political planning. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Public safety risks and threats. Identification of threats to public safety. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | General characteristics of public security theories. Theory of social contract in ensuring public security. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Public choice theory and public security. Public and national security. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Public safety assurance system. Institutional provision of public safety. Legal regulation of public safety. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Public security practice and experience. Foreign experience in ensuring public safety. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Directions for the modernization of public safety. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Independent work consists of: written assignments, literature analysis, gathering information on the Internet, situation analysis. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Current tests passed 100%. Written assignments make up 30% of the total grade, situation analysis 30% of the total grade, exam 40% of the total grade. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Students gain knowledge about the subject of logic, certain semantic categories (terms, statements, operators), deductive and inductive conclusions, the structure of the reasoning process, as well as the variety of logical laws. You will gain knowledge about the nature of public safety, risks and threats. Students will be able to navigate the public safety system. | ||||||||
| Skills: | After completing the course, students will be able to solve logic tasks with terms and statements, will be able to apply the rules of logic in the recognition of deductive conclusions, will be able to quickly find the arguments and solutions of justified theses, as well as present them. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students will acquire competences in understanding the laws of logic, form arguments and conclusions, will be able to see the semantic categories of logic in legal texts. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Latvijas ārējā un drošības politika. Gadagrāmata 2023 (2023). Latvijas Ārpolitikas institūts. | ||||||||
| 2 | ANO Vispārējā cilvēktiesību deklarācija. | ||||||||
| 3 | 15.02.1922. likums "Latvijas Republikas Satversme" ("LV", 43, 01.07.1993.) [stājas spēkā 07.11.1922.] | ||||||||
| 4 | Nacionālās drošības likums// | ||||||||
| 5 | Nacionālās drošības koncepcija. | ||||||||
| 6 | Valsts drošības iestāžu likums. | ||||||||
| 7 | Publisku izklaides un svētku pasākumu drošības likums// | ||||||||
| 8 | Par Militāro draudu analīzi. Ministru kabineta rīkojums Nr.418. 2005.gada 30. Jūnijā | ||||||||
| 9 | Krīzes vadības padomes nolikums. Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 42. 2001. gada 18. janvāris// | ||||||||
| 10 | Kritiskās infrastruktūras, tajā skaitā Eiropas kritiskās infrastruktūras, apzināšanas un drošības pasākumu plānošanas un īstenošanas kārtība. Ministru kabineta noteikumi Nr. 496. 2010. gada 1.jūnijs.// | ||||||||
| 11 | Cilvēkdrošība Latvijā un pasaulē: no idejas līdz praksei. Rakstu krājums Žanetes Ozoliņas redakcijā. Rīga, Zinātne, 2012. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 12 | Cilvēkdrošība Latvijā: lokālie, nacionālie un starptautiskie izaicinājumi. Kongresa materiāli. Rīga, 2011. gada 24. – 27. oktobrī.// (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 13 | Jundzis T. Drošības apdraudējumi un riski nākotnē // Latvija Eiropā: nākotnes vīzijas. R., 2004 (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 14 | A SECURE EUROPE IN A BETTER WORLD - THE EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY.Approved by the European Council held in Brussels on 12 December 2003 and drafted under the responsibilities of the EU High Representative JAVIER SOLANA. | ||||||||
| 15 | The Union has decided to develop the civilian aspects of crisis management in four priority areas defined by the Feira European Council in June 2000: police, strengthening of the rule of law, strengthening civilian administration and civil protection. | ||||||||
| 16 | Latvija: pārskats par tautas attīstību / UNDP ; 2002/2003) Cilvēkdrošība | ||||||||
| 17 | U.Krastiņš. Krimināltiesību teorija un ;prakse. Viedokļi. Problēmas. Risinājumi. 2015. – 2017. Rīga, Tiesu namu aģentūra, 2018. | ||||||||
| 18 | V.Zahars ‘’Kriminālpolitika: mūsdienu tendences un procesi’’. Daugavpils, Saule, 2018, 145 lpp. | ||||||||
| 19 | Krīze kā Eiropas Savienības liktenis (2021). Latvijas Ārpolitikas institūts. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Additional pedagogical guidance for lecturers is provided in the E4J Teaching Guide on Organized Crime. | ||||||||
| 2 | NATO 2022 STRATEGIC CONCEPT (NATO stratēģiskā koncepcija), (2020). | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Administratīvā un kriminālā justīcija. | ||||||||
| 2 | Journal of Safety Research | ||||||||
