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Searching for Trace Evidence and Objects, their Fixation and Removal
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:6.00
Study Course Accepted:23.05.2024 13:21:51
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_522 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 8.00 | ECTS: | 12.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Theory of Forensic Science and Investigation Field Work | Target Audience: | Civil and Military Defense; 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) | 48 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 96 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 16 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 32 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 128 | ||||||||
| Part-Time - Semester No.1 | |||||||||
| Lectures (count) | 16 | Lecture Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Lectures | 32 | ||||
| Classes (count) | 8 | Class Length (academic hours) | 2 | Total Contact Hours of Classes | 16 | ||||
| Total Contact Hours | 48 | ||||||||
| Study course description | |||||||||
| Preliminary Knowledge: | Prior knowledge in Criminal Procedure, Forensic Techniques is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide theoretical knowledge and strengthen practical skills for observing safety measures, avoiding risks of contamination when inspecting the scene. To provide theoretical knowledge about the natural scientific basis of footprint formation and the mechanism of footprint formation. To provide theoretical knowledge and strengthen practical skills in working with various types of material evidence at the scene, searching, fixing, removing and removing various types of comparative samples, using the necessary technical means and materials. To provide theoretical knowledge and strengthen practical skills in the creation of forensic characterization of persons and photo acquisition. To provide theoretical knowledge and strengthen practical skills in forensic identification and diagnostics. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Safety measures at the scene. 1.1 Personal protective equipment. 1.2. Contamination risks at the scene. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Footprints and objects at the scene. 2.1. Mechanism of formation of feet and division of feet. 2.2. Technical means and methods of searching, fixing and removing traces and objects. 2.3. Digital capabilities in capturing footprints and objects. 2.4. Methods of visualization of weakly visible and latent traces. | Lectures | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Trasology. 3.1. The concept and importance of trasology in the detection of a criminal offense. 3.2. The natural scientific basis of trasology, the basic conditions for the creation of traces, the classification of traces and the most common types of trasological traces. 3.3. Finding, fixing and removing homeoscopic, mechanohomic, mechanoscopic and animal tracks. 3.4. Methods of visualizing individual weakly visible or latent trasological traces and visualizing them at the scene. 3.5. Conditions | Lectures | 9.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Micro objects. 4.1. Concept and classification of micro-objects. 4.2. Searching, fixing and removing micro-objects. 4.3 Conditions for removal and packing of individual micro-objects. 4.4. Conditions of removal and packing of objects with micro objects. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Dactyloscopy. 5.1. The concept and importance of dactyloscopy in the detection of a criminal offence. 5.2. Structure of human skin and its peculiarities. 5.3. Searching, fixing and removing traces of papillary line patterns. 5.4. Methods of visualizing faintly visible and latent papillary line pattern traces and visualizing them at the scene. 5.5. Conditions for packing objects with traces of papillary lines. 5.6. Production of personal dactyloscopic card. | Lectures | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Ballistics. 6.1. The concept of weapons, their classification and criminal law characteristics. 6.2. Forensic ballistics and the issues to be solved. 6.3. Concept of firearm and ammunition, their features. 6.4. Classification of firearms and ammunition. 6.5. Shot traces and their classification 6.7. Search, capture and removal of gunshot traces. 6.8. Firearms and ammunition removal and packing conditions. | Lectures | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Biological traces. 7.1. Biological traces and their classification. 7.2. Blood traces and their types. Search, fixation and removal of traces of blood. 7.3. Finding, fixing and removing the sperm trail. 7.4. Finding, fixing and removing traces of saliva and sputum. 7.5. Finding, fixing and removing sweat traces. 7.6. Conditions of packaging and storage of objects with biological traces. | Lectures | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Odorology. 8.1. The concept and significance of forensic odorology in the detection of criminal offences. 8.2. The concept of scents and scent traces, preservation of scents. 8.3. Search for human scent traces and conditions for removal. 8.4. Conditions for removal of objects with scent traces. 8.5. Odorological research process - research subject, research object, research means and methods, research subject. 8.6. Withdrawal of the comparative sample. | Lectures | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Information systems used in forensic identification and diagnostics and their capabilities. | Lectures | 6.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 10 | Forensic characterization of individuals and photo acquisition. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Safety measures at the scene. 1.1 Personal protective equipment. 1.2. Contamination risks at the scene. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Footprints and objects at the scene. 2.1. Mechanism of formation of feet and division of feet. 2.2. Technical means and methods of searching, fixing and removing traces and objects. 2.3. Digital capabilities in capturing footprints and objects. 2.4. Methods of visualization of weakly visible and latent traces. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 3 | Trasology. 3.1. The concept and importance of trasology in the detection of a criminal offense. 3.2. The natural scientific basis of trasology, the basic conditions for the creation of traces, the classification of traces and the most common types of trasological traces. 3.3. Finding, fixing and removing homeoscopic, mechanohomic, mechanoscopic and animal tracks. 3.4. Methods of visualizing individual weakly visible or latent trasological traces and visualizing them at the scene. 3.5. Conditions | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 4 | Micro objects. 4.1. Concept and classification of micro-objects. 4.2. Searching, fixing and removing micro-objects. 4.3 Conditions for removal and packing of individual micro-objects. 4.4. Conditions of removal and packing of objects with micro objects. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Dactyloscopy. 5.1. The concept and importance of dactyloscopy in the detection of a criminal offence. 5.2. Structure of human skin and its peculiarities. 5.3. Searching, fixing and removing traces of papillary line patterns. 5.4. Methods of visualizing faintly visible and latent papillary line pattern traces and visualizing them at the scene. 5.5. Conditions for packing objects with traces of papillary lines. 5.6. Production of personal dactyloscopic card. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 6 | Ballistics. 6.1. The concept of weapons, their classification and criminal law characteristics. 6.2. Forensic ballistics and the issues to be solved. 6.3. Concept of firearm and ammunition, their features. 6.4. Classification of firearms and ammunition. 6.5. Shot traces and their classification 6.7. Search, capture and removal of gunshot traces. 6.8. Firearms and ammunition removal and packing conditions. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 7 | Biological traces. 7.1. Biological traces and their classification. 7.2. Blood traces and their types. Search, fixation and removal of traces of blood. 7.3. Finding, fixing and removing the sperm trail. 7.4. Finding, fixing and removing traces of saliva and sputum. 7.5. Finding, fixing and removing sweat traces. 7.6. Conditions of packaging and storage of objects with biological traces. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 8 | Odorology. 8.1. The concept and significance of forensic odorology in the detection of criminal offences. 8.2. The concept of scents and scent traces, preservation of scents. 8.3. Search for human scent traces and conditions for removal. 8.4. Conditions for removal of objects with scent traces. 8.5. Odorological research process - research subject, research object, research means and methods, research subject. 8.6. Withdrawal of the comparative sample. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 9 | Information systems used in forensic identification and diagnostics and their capabilities. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 10 | Forensic characterization of individuals and photo acquisition. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with materials posted in e-studies and special literature, work with Internet resources, discussions, discussions, consultations. Completion of eight practical tasks. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in lectures and practical classes makes up 30%, eight practical tasks make up 40% (each task is 5%), written exam makes up 30% of the study course evaluation. | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Full-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Final Examination (Part-Time): | Exam (Written) | ||||||||
| Learning Outcomes | |||||||||
| Knowledge: | The student will be able to demonstrate the basic and specialized knowledge acquired in the study course, part of which corresponds to the highest level of achievements in the relevant scientific field. The student will acquire theoretical knowledge in observing safety measures at the scene. The student will be able to demonstrate theoretical knowledge of the natural scientific basis of footprint formation and the mechanism of their formation. The student will acquire theoretical knowledge about the use of the necessary technical means and materials in the search, recording, removal of various types of physical evidence and the removal of various types of comparative samples. The student will acquire theoretical knowledge in the creation of a forensic characterization of a person and the acquisition of photographs. The student will be able to demonstrate theoretical knowledge in forensic identification and diagnostics. | ||||||||
| Skills: | By studying the course, the student will be able to constantly structure his learning, analyze his level of knowledge and rationally supplement it, select and evaluate literature sources and be able to develop scientific-research skills. The student will be able to apply a scientific approach and practical skills in searching, recording and removing various types of material evidence, using the necessary technical means and materials, observing safety measures and avoiding contamination risks. According to the physical evidence removed during the inspection of the scene, the student will be able to remove the comparative material. The student will be able to permanently create a forensic profile of a person and obtain identification photos. The student will be able to apply a scientific approach and practical skills in forensic identification and diagnostics. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | Using the acquired theoretical knowledge and skills, the student will be able to follow safety measures at the scene, avoiding risks of contamination. The student, applying the acquired theoretical knowledge and skills, will be able to independently make a reasoned decision about the choice of the material-technical base in the search, recording, extraction and comparative material of various types of physical evidence. By applying theoretical knowledge and practical skills, the student will be able to independently create a forensic description of a person and obtain identification photos. The student will be able to apply a scientific approach and practical skills, making a reasoned decision in forensic identification and diagnostics. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Grieznis, P. Praktiskā kriminālistika. Rīga,“Likuma vārdā”, 2000. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 2 | Konovalovs, J. Vielas kā noziedzīga nodarījuma pēdas. Rīga, SIA ,,Petrovskis un Ko”, 2007. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Kriminālistika. 1.d. Kriminālistiskā tehnika. Mācību grāmata, I daļa, IV izdevums. Autoru grupa profesora A. Kavaliera vadībā. Rīga, Latvijas Policijas akadēmija, 2003. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 4 | Robinson, E.M. Introduction to Crime Scene Photography. Elsevier, 2013. | ||||||||
| 5 | Valsts policijas Kriminālistikas pārvalde. Notikuma vietas apskates eksperta rokasgrāmata. Rīga, 2014. | ||||||||
| 6 | Valsts policijas Kriminālistikas pārvalde. Tiesu ekspertīze un noziedzīga nodarījuma notikuma vietas apskate. Vadlīnijas ekspertīžu noteikšanai un darbam notikuma vietā. Rīga, 2015. | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Čentoricka, M. Pirkstu pēdu atklāšanas un izņemšanas līdzekļi un metodes. Rīga, Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2002. | ||||||||
| 2 | Daktiloskopija. Aut. kol. O. Arājs, M. Čentoricka, S. Silarāja, A. Evardsons. Rīga, Latvijas Vēstnesis, 2005. | ||||||||
| 3 | Konovalovs, J., Kļaviņa, Z. Kriminālistiskā odoroloģija (cilvēka smaržu pēdas). Rīga: SIA "Petrovskis un Ko”, 2003. | ||||||||
| 4 | Rekomendācijas lietisko pierādījumu izņemšanai notikuma vietas apskates laikā. Rīga: Valsts tiesu ekspertīžu birojs, 2005. | ||||||||
| 5 | Tetetris, O. Tiesu medicīnas esence. Rīga: Apgāds "Rasa ABC”, 2004. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | European Network of Forensic Science Institutes (ENFSI) | ||||||||
