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Forensic Tactics
Study Course Description
Course Description Statuss:Approved
Course Description Version:4.00
Study Course Accepted:02.02.2024 12:30:49
| Study Course Information | |||||||||
| Course Code: | JF_525 | LQF level: | Level 6 | ||||||
| Credit Points: | 2.00 | ECTS: | 3.00 | ||||||
| Branch of Science: | Law; Theory of Forensic Science and Investigation Field Work | 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) | 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 Criminal Procedure is required. | ||||||||
| Objective: | To provide theoretical knowledge and strengthen practical skills in forensic tactics, strengthening practical skills on conducting various types of investigative activities, conducting initial and urgent investigative activities and using special investigative activities in evidence. To provide theoretical knowledge and strengthen practical skills in proposing forensic versions, their examination and investigation planning. | ||||||||
| Topic Layout (Full-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Concept, system, tasks of forensic tactics. Principles of forensic tactics and classification of tactical techniques. Digitization possibilities in Forensic Tactics. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Investigation activities. 2.1. The concept of investigative activity and the general rules for its implementation. 2.2. Types of investigation activities. 2.3. Use of technical means in investigative activities. | Lectures | 5.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Initial and emergency investigative actions. The concept of initial and urgent investigative actions, ensuring effectiveness and factors affecting it. | Lectures | 2.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Special investigative activities. 4.1 The concept of special investigative activities and the general rules for their implementation. 4.2. Types of special investigative activities. 4.3. Planning of special investigative activities. 4.4. Ensuring the performance of special investigative activities. 4.5. Recording of special investigative activities, use in evidence and use of obtained results for other purposes. | Lectures | 3.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Forensic versions and investigation planning. 5.1. Version concept, meaning and types. 5.2. Versioning and checking. 5.3. Planning the investigation. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| Topic Layout (Part-Time) | |||||||||
| No. | Topic | Type of Implementation | Number | Venue | |||||
| 1 | Concept, system, tasks of forensic tactics. Principles of forensic tactics and classification of tactical techniques. Digitization possibilities in Forensic Tactics. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| 2 | Investigation activities. 2.1. The concept of investigative activity and the general rules for its implementation. 2.2. Types of investigation activities. 2.3. Use of technical means in investigative activities. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||||
| 3 | Initial and emergency investigative actions. The concept of initial and urgent investigative actions, ensuring effectiveness and factors affecting it. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| 4 | Special investigative activities. 4.1 The concept of special investigative activities and the general rules for their implementation. 4.2. Types of special investigative activities. 4.3. Planning of special investigative activities. 4.4. Ensuring the performance of special investigative activities. 4.5. Recording of special investigative activities, use in evidence and use of obtained results for other purposes. | Lectures | 1.00 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| 5 | Forensic versions and investigation planning. 5.1. Version concept, meaning and types. 5.2. Versioning and checking. 5.3. Planning the investigation. | Lectures | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||
| Classes | 0.50 | auditorium | |||||||
| Assessment | |||||||||
| Unaided Work: | Work with materials posted in e-studies and special literature, work with Internet resources, discussions, discussions, consultations. Completion of three written tasks. | ||||||||
| Assessment Criteria: | Active participation in lectures and practical classes is 30%, three written tasks are 30% (each task is 10%), written exam is 40% 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 Forensic Tactics, part of which corresponds to the highest level of achievements in the relevant scientific field. The student will acquire theoretical knowledge of various types of investigative activities, their tactics and the necessity of their application. The student will be able to demonstrate theoretical knowledge of initial and emergency investigative activities and their effectiveness. The student will acquire theoretical knowledge of special investigation activities, their planning, recording and use in proof. The student will acquire theoretical knowledge in establishing forensic versions, checking them and planning the investigation. | ||||||||
| Skills: | 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 will be able to cultivate scientific-research skills. The student will be able to apply a scientific approach and practical skills in the planning of the investigation, putting forward versions and carrying out various types of investigative activities, distinguishing preliminary and urgent investigations, as well as the planning of special investigative activities and the use of the obtained results in proving. | ||||||||
| Competencies: | The student, using the acquired theoretical knowledge and skills, is able to independently make a decision about the necessity of conducting various types of investigative activities in the investigation, distinguishing initial and urgent investigative activities. Using theoretical knowledge and practical skills, you will be able to independently draw up an investigation plan and put forward possible versions. The student, using the acquired theoretical knowledge and skills, will be able to independently make a decision about the planning of special investigative activities and the use of the obtained results in proving. | ||||||||
| Bibliography | |||||||||
| No. | Reference | ||||||||
| Required Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Kriminālprocesa likums: LR likums. Latvijas Vēstnesis Nr.74 (3232), 11.05.2005. | ||||||||
| 2 | Kriminālistika. Otrā daļa. Kriminālistiskā taktika. Mācību grāmata, II daļa, IV izdevums. Autoru grupa profesora A. Kavaliera vadībā. Rīga, Latvijas Policijas akadēmija, 2003. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 3 | Valsts policijas Kriminālistikas pārvalde. Notikuma vietas apskates eksperta rokasgrāmata. Rīga, 2014. | ||||||||
| 4 | Valsts policijas Kriminālistikas pārvalde. Tiesu ekspertīze un noziedzīga nodarījuma notikuma vietas apskate. Vadlīnijas ekspertīžu noteikšanai un darbam notikuma vietā. Rīga, 2015. | ||||||||
| 5 | Kriminālistika. 3.d. Kriminālistiskā metodika. Mācību grāmata, III daļa. Autoru grupa profesora A. Kavaliera vadībā. Rīga, Latvijas Policijas akadēmija, 2005. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| 6 | Kavalieris, A. Speciālo izmeklēšanas darbību izmantošanas taktika. Rīga, 2010. (akceptējams izdevums) | ||||||||
| Additional Reading | |||||||||
| 1 | Strada - Rozenberga, K. Pierādīšanas teorijas pamatjēdzienu problemātika kriminālprocesā. Promocijas darbs. LU, 2002. | ||||||||
| 2 | Pundurs, A. Pierādīšanas teorija un brīvie pierādījumi jeb pierādījumi ar procesuālu nozīmi kriminālprocesā. Promocijas darbs. LU, 2008. | ||||||||
| Other Information Sources | |||||||||
| 1 | žurnāls ,,Administratīvā un kriminālā justīcija” | ||||||||
| 2 | Nedēļas žurnāls "Jurista vārds” | ||||||||
| 3 | RSU Juridiskās fakultātes elektroniskais juridisko zinātnisko rakstu žurnāls "Socrates" | ||||||||
