Criminology (JF_081)
About Study Course
Objective
To acquaint students with the trends of crime as a social phenomenon, its situation, factors influencing it, the personality of the offender, the mechanism of criminal offenses and the system of prevention thereof; special attention will be paid to methods and techniques of studying crime, promoting the acquisition of practical knowledge and skills, exploring criminogenic and anti-social processes and phenomena in Latvia and abroad, as well as developing and implementing recommendations for the prevention and combating of crime.
Prerequisites
Administrative Law, Administrative Process, Practical Communication, Legal Institutions, Criminal Law. General Part, Criminal Law. Special Part, Criminal Process. General Part, Criminal Process. Special Part.
Learning outcomes
Students are able to demonstrate the basic and specialised knowledge characteristic to criminology science and a critical understanding of this knowledge. Students are able to demonstrate understanding of the most important concepts and regularities in criminology science.
The student is able to use theoretical foundations and skills acquired in order to formulate and analytically describe information, problems and solutions in criminology, to explain these and to discuss them in a reasoned way. The student is able to demonstrate a scientific approach to problem solving. The student is able to structure their learning independently.
Students are able to obtain, select and analyse information and use it independently. Students are able to make decisions and solve criminological problems.
Study course planning
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law Science, TZNz | 6 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | Aldona Kipāne |
| Study programme | Study semester | Program level | Study course category | Lecturers | Schedule |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Law Science, TZ | 6 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | Andrejs Vilks | |
| Law Science, TZNT | 6 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | Aldona Kipāne | |
| Law Science, TZN | 6 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | Aldona Kipāne | |
| Law Science, TZP | 8 | Bachelor’s | Limited choice | Andrejs Vilks |
