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Prevention of Economically Financial Crime, Criminological Characteristics in National and International Aspect
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:7.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:29:31
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_436 | LQF level: | Level 7 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law | Target Audience: | Juridical Science | ||||||
| Study Course Supervisor | |||||||||
| Course Supervisor: | Aelita Zīle | ||||||||
| 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) | 7 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 14 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 5 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 10 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 24 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 3 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 6 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 2 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 4 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 10 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Criminology, Sociology of Law. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide students of the Master’s study programme with knowledge of the current trends in the development of crime and the possibilities of preventing and combating crime. To promote the students' understanding of the essence of crime, the determinants thereof, connection with other processes of social, legal, and political nature. Students are able to carry out research in the field of crime awareness. Analyse criminological processes in a creative and constructive manner, substantiate their opinion. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Content of the course and conditions for completing the course. Current issues in the development and prevention of crime. Criminology as a science of crime. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The concept and essence of economic and financial crimes. General characteristics, situation and tendencies of economic and financial crimes in Latvia and abroad. Transnational features of economic and financial crimes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Trends in the historical development of economic and financial crimes and the historical development of certain types of crimes. | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Types of economic and financial crimes and their characteristics: 4.1. Money laundering 4.2. Fraud 4.3. Smuggling 4.4. Crime related to illicit movement of excisable goods 4.5. Production, distribution, transportation, transfer, acquisition and possession of counterfeit money and public financial instruments 4.6. Cybercrime | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Types of economic and financial crimes and their characteristics: 4.7. Business crime, including financial crime 4.8. Violations of infrastructure operation and construction regulations 4.9. Crime within the jurisdiction 4.10. Crime in the sphere of state and local government institutions 4.11. Trafficking in human beings and illegal exploitation 4.12. Rederism | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Interaction of economic, financial and organized crime | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Methodology and methods of economic and financial crime investigation | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Description of economic and financial determinants of crime | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Criminological characteristics of economic crime subjects | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Prevention of economic and financial crime 10.1. Policies and strategies for the prevention of economic and financial crime 10.2. National and international legal regulation of prevention of economic and financial crimes 10.3. National and international institutional system for prevention of economic and financial crimes 10.4. Economic and financial crime prevention system | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 11 | Foreign experience in prevention of economic and financial crimes. International cooperation in the prevention of economic and financial crime | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 12 | Defence of reports, research projects | Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Content of the course and conditions for completing the course. Current issues in the development and prevention of crime. Criminology as a science of crime. | Lectures | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | The concept and essence of economic and financial crimes. General characteristics, situation and tendencies of economic and financial crimes in Latvia and abroad. Transnational features of economic and financial crimes. | Lectures | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Trends in the historical development of economic and financial crimes and the historical development of certain types of crimes. | Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Types of economic and financial crimes and their characteristics: 4.1. Money laundering 4.2. Fraud 4.3. Smuggling 4.4. Crime related to illicit movement of excisable goods 4.5. Production, distribution, transportation, transfer, acquisition and possession of counterfeit money and public financial instruments 4.6. Cybercrime | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 5 | Types of economic and financial crimes and their characteristics: 4.7. Business crime, including financial crime 4.8. Violations of infrastructure operation and construction regulations 4.9. Crime within the jurisdiction 4.10. Crime in the sphere of state and local government institutions 4.11. Trafficking in human beings and illegal exploitation 4.12. Rederism | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 6 | Interaction of economic, financial and organized crime | Lectures | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Methodology and methods of economic and financial crime investigation | Lectures | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| 8 | Description of economic and financial determinants of crime | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Criminological characteristics of economic crime subjects | Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| 10 | Prevention of economic and financial crime 10.1. Policies and strategies for the prevention of economic and financial crime 10.2. National and international legal regulation of prevention of economic and financial crimes 10.3. National and international institutional system for prevention of economic and financial crimes 10.4. Economic and financial crime prevention system | Lectures | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||||
| 11 | Foreign experience in prevention of economic and financial crimes. International cooperation in the prevention of economic and financial crime | Lectures | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.25 | auditorium | |||||||
| 12 | Defence of reports, research projects | Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | A report. The topic of the report must be agreed with the lecturer and the report must be presented. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Students are assessed according to the RSU Academic Regulations I. The presented report, relevance of the content thereof, and the final exam are evaluated. The final assessment depends on the sum of the assessment of the report and the exam (the grade of the exam is decisive). | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | Knowledge of criminological theories and schools, crime and other anti-social phenomena, determinants thereof, and learning about the criminal’s identity, theoretical and practical problems in preventing and combating crime. | ||||||||
| Skills: | Students acquire the skills and abilities to independently analyse different approaches, evaluating criminal phenomena and processes. Students have a broad understanding of the essence of crime, the determinants thereof, connection with other processes of social, legal, and political nature. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Students are able to independently analyse the situation, trends and determinants of economic and financial crime and develop the best methods of prevention of economic and financial crime. Students are able to carry out research work in the field of economic and financial crime investigation. Creatively and constructively analyse criminological processes that determine economic crime, substantiate their opinion. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Nordik, R. Kriminoloģija. 2004. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Vilks, A., Kipāne, A. Mūsdienu sabiedrības kriminoloģiskie aspekti. Rīga, 2020. | ||||||||
| 3 | Zahars, V. ‘’Kriminālpolitika: mūsdienu tendences un procesi’’. Daugavpils universitāte, Akadēmiskais apgāds ‘’Saule’’, 2014. | ||||||||
| 4 | Economic and Financial Crime | ||||||||
| 5 | Gianfranco, Mautone. In the spotlight: preventing economic crime | ||||||||
| 6 | Frank, E. Hagan and Leah Elizabeth Daigle. Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior. 10th Edition. 2020 | ||||||||
| 7 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 8 | Economic and Financial Crime | ||||||||
| 9 | Gianfranco, Mautone. In the spotlight: preventing economic crime | ||||||||
| 10 | Frank, E. Hagan and Leah Elizabeth Daigle. Introduction to Criminology: Theories, Methods, and Criminal Behavior. 10th Edition. 2020 | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Krimināllikums | ||||||||
| 2 | Drošība un tiesiskums Latvijā. Zinātnisko rakstu krājums. Latvijas universitātes Filozofijas un socioloģijas institūts. Rīga, 2007. | ||||||||
| 3 | Krastiņš, I. Tiesību doktrīnas. R., 1996. | ||||||||
| 4 | Krastiņš, U. Mācība par nozieguma sastāvu. R., 1994. | ||||||||
| 5 | Kristapsone, S. Noziedzība Latvijā (noziedzību noteicošie sociāli ekonomiskie faktori Latvijā 90.gados). R., ‘’Raka’’, 2003. | ||||||||
| 6 | Stumbiņa, Ē., Birkavs, V., Niedre, A. Kriminoloģija. R., 1981. | ||||||||
| 7 | Ugrjumovs, A. Noziedzības cēloņi un apkarošanas līdzekļi. Tieslietu ministrijas vēstnesis. Nr. 6. R., 1922. | ||||||||
| 8 | Vilks, A. Cilvēku un viņu orgānu tirdzniecība: kriminoloģiskās, politiskās un sociālās problēmas. Ieskats XXI gadsimta kriminālajās reālijās. R., BAAF, 2002. | ||||||||
| 9 | ASV kritiskās kriminoloģijas saits | ||||||||
| 10 | Skandināvijas Kriminoloģisko pētījumu padome | ||||||||
| 11 | Austrālijas kriminoloģisko pētījumu padome | ||||||||
| 12 | Kembridžas universitātes kriminoloģijas saits | ||||||||
| 13 | Kriminoloģisko teoriju saits | ||||||||
| 14 | Eiropas noziedzības novēršanas un kontroles institūts (HEUNI) | ||||||||
| 15 | Interpols | ||||||||
| 16 | Britānijas kriminoloģijas padome | ||||||||
| 17 | Eiropas Kriminoloģijas padome | ||||||||
| 18 | Reid, Sue Titus. Crime and criminology. 15th edition. New York : Wolters Kluwer, 2018. | ||||||||
| 19 | Garland, D. The Culture of Control. Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. XIII, 307 p. | ||||||||
| 20 | Tartaro, Christine, Research methods for criminal justice and criminology : a text and reader / Christine Tartaro. New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2021. xx, 482 lpp | ||||||||
| 21 | Valsts kontroles revīzijas ziņojums ‘’Vai publiskais sektors ir gatavs noteikt un novērst “naudas atmazgāšanas” un sankciju pārkāpšanas riskus? 2021. gada 11. oktobrī | ||||||||
| 22 | Adler, F., Mueller, G.O.W., Laufer, W.S. Criminology. 2 d. Ed. N.Y., 1995. | ||||||||
| 23 | Eisenberg, U. Kriminologie. 4th edition., 1995. | ||||||||
| 24 | Kaiser, G., Kerner, J. H., Sock, F., Schellhops, H. Kleines. Kriminologisches Worterbuch. Stutgart, 1993. | ||||||||
| 25 | Siegel, L. J. Criminology: theories, patterns and typologies. West, 1992. | ||||||||
| 26 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 27 | Reid, Sue Titus. Crime and criminology. 15th edition. New York : Wolters Kluwer, 2018. | ||||||||
| 28 | Garland, D. The Culture of Control. Crime and Social Order in Contemporary Society. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press; Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2001. XIII, 307 p. | ||||||||
| 29 | Adler, F., Mueller, G.O.W., Laufer, W.S. Criminology. 2 d. Ed. N.Y., 1995. | ||||||||
| 30 | Eisenberg, U. Kriminologie. 4th edition, 1995. | ||||||||
| 31 | Siegel, L. J. Criminology: theories, patterns and typologies. West, 1992. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | Amerikas kriminologu asociācija | ||||||||
| 2 | Kriminoloģijas Interneta mega saits | ||||||||
| 3 | Pasaules kriminālās tiesvedības elektroniskā biblioteka | ||||||||
| 4 | Teorētiskās kriminoloģijas saits | ||||||||
| 5 | Ārvalstu studentiem/For international students | ||||||||
| 6 | The American Society of Criminology | ||||||||
