Criminal Investigation
Course type
Study programme and level
Language
slovenščina
Lectures | Seminar | Tutorial | Druge oblike študija | Individual Work | ECTS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
20 | 20 | 35 | 3 |
Prerequisites
Rudimentary knowledge of criminal code and criminal law procedures.
Content (Syllabus outline)
- Introduction to Criminal Investigation.
- The phenomenon of crime and the concept of Criminal Investigation.
- Criminal Investigation as a science – the subject of Criminal Investigation; the concept, system and methods of Criminal Investigation; Criminal Investigation and other sciences.
- Basic principles of Criminal Investigation.
- Ethical Issues in Criminal Investigation.
- Fundamentals of Criminal Investigation tactics.
- Detection of crime and first investigative procedures.
- Sources of information and evidence – human and other sources.
- Criminal Investigation planning and hypothesis construction: the notion and role of planning, definition, importance and types of versions.
- Investigative and tactical concepts in information gathering – interview and interrogation, the use of credibility assessment and criminal profiling.
- The concept and types of evidence; introduction of circumstantial evidence.
- Criminal Analytics – the concept, creation and development of Criminal Analytics; Operative and Strategic Analytics.
- Investigative procedures – a crime scene analysis, a reconstruction, an investigative experiment, an interrogation, an interview, an identification and recognition, a survey of the place, an examination of a person.
- Gnoseological aspects of the investigation: seeking the truth about the crime and the offender, assessment of physical and personal evidence.
- Investigative support and basic concepts of forensic sciences.
Study Literature
- Brandl, Steven G. 2014. Criminal investigation. 3d ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.
- LaFave, Wayne R., Jerold H. Israel, Nancy J. King, and Orin S. Kerr. 2009. Principles of criminal procedure: Investigation. 2d ed. Concise Hornbook series. St. Paul, MN: West.
- Lee, Henry, and Thomas W. O’Neill. 2002. Cracking cases: The science of solving crimes. Amherst, NY: Promethus.
- Osterburg, James W., and Richard H. Ward. 2014. Criminal investigation: A method for reconstructing the past. 6th ed. Albany, NY: LexisNexis-Anderson.
- Saferstein, Richard. 2006. Criminalistics: An introduction to forensic science. 9th ed. Harlow, UK: Pearson-Prentice Hall.
Recommended literature:
- SELIČ, Polona, ŠVAB, Igor, KOPČAVAR GUČEK, Nena. How many Slovenian family practice attendees are victims of intimate partner violence? A re-evaluation cross-sectional study report. BMC public health, 2013, vol. 13, no. 703 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/13/703).
- SELIČ, Polona, ŠVAB, Igor, KOPČAVAR GUČEK, Nena. A cross-sectional study identifying the pattern of factors related to psychological intimate partner violence exposure in Slovenian family practice attendees: what hurt them the most. BMC public health, 2014, vol. 14, no. 223 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/14/223/abstract).
- SELIČ, Polona, PESJAK, Katja, KERSNIK, Janko. The prevalence of exposure to domestic violence and the factors associated with co-occurrence of psychological and physical violence exposure: a sample from primary care patients. BMC public health, 2011, vol. 11, issue 1, p. 621 (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/621).
- SELIČ, Polona. Prevalence of intimate partner violence and related interventions in family medicine: a review with special emphasis on the state of affairs in Slovenia. OA family medicine, Mar. 2013, vol. 1, issue 1 (http://www.oapublishinglondon.com/article/473).
- SELIČ, Polona. Complementary use of profiling and polygraph method in Slovenia during the period 1997-2004. European Polygraph, 2012, vol. 6, no. 2 (20), pp. 103-116.
Objectives and competences
The course aims to acquaint students with the criminal investigation as a science and practical knowledge on the detection and investigation of criminal offenses, with its structure and methods and its role in pre-trial proceedings.
Students are to get basic knowledge of criminal investigation tactics (information gathering, the investigation planning, investigative activities, circumstantial evidence obtaining, criminal analytics, credibility assessment) and to become acquainted with the basics of forensic sciences.
Intended learning outcomes
Knowledge and understanding:
Students acquire basic knowledge about the theoretical grounds of detection and investigation of crimes and the problems and difficulties that arise in the criminal investigation practice.
Students understand and learn about the methods and means of criminal investigation and their application in investigative activities.
Students are able to recognize the role and importance of investigative techniques and forensic science support to establish the truth about the crime and the offender.
Students get information about multi-dimensional phenomena od violence and get basic understanding of domestic violence.
Learning and teaching methods
Lectures using PowerPoint presentations, videos and analysis of actual criminal cases and major cases in the past; discussions of problems and dilemmas of the investigation, use of internet and other sources, and individual consultations with the lecturer.
Assessment
Type (examination, oral, coursework, project):
Written examination 100%
Lecturer’s references
SELIČ, Polona. The analysis of special psychological profile : beginning of profiling in Slovenia. V: PAGON, Milan (ur.). Policing in Central and Eastern Europe : comparing firsthand knowledge with experience from the West. Ljubljana: College of Police and Security Studies, 1996, str. 375-384. [COBISS.SI-ID 19853529]
SELIČ, Polona. The treatment of sex offenders. Forensic sci. int.. [Print ed.], 2003, vol. 136, suppl. 1, str. 400. [COBISS.SI-ID 516904217]
SELIČ, Polona, JURATOVEC, Andrej. The role of forensic psychophysiology in the pre-trial review in Slovenia. Polygraph, 2004, letn. 33, št. 1, str. 37-47. [COBISS.SI-ID 19859417]
SELIČ, Polona, PESJAK, Katja, KERSNIK, Janko. Domestic violence exposure in Slovenian family practice patients: a cross-section violence screening report. V: PLAZAR, Nadja (ur.), BABNIK, Katarina (ur.), MEULENBERG, Cécil J. W. (ur.). Javno zdravje v 21. stoletju : program : mednarodni posvet, [Izola, Slovenia, 15-16 September 2011] : programme : international conference, Izola, Slovenia, 15-16 September 2011. Izola: Visoka šola za zdravstvo, 2011, str. 64. [COBISS.SI-ID 28884697]
SELIČ, Polona, PESJAK, Katja, KERSNIK, Janko. The prevalence of exposure to domestic violence and the factors associated with co-occurrence of psychological and physical violence exposure : a sample from primary care patients. BMC Public Health, 2011, vol. 11, issue 1, str. 621. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2458/11/621, doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-621. [COBISS.SI-ID 28720857]
SELIČ, Polona. Complementary use of profiling and polygraph method in Slovenia during the period 1997-2004. European Polygraph, ISSN 1898-5238, 2012, vol. 6, no. 2 (20), str. 103-116, ilustr. [COBISS.SI-ID 30406361]
KOPČAVAR GUČEK, Nena, PETEK, Davorina, ŠVAB, Igor, SELIČ, Polona. Barriers to screening and possibilities for active detection of family medicine attendees exposed to intimate partner violence = Ovire za presejanje za nasilje in možnosti dejavnega odkrivanja oseb z izkušnjo nasilja v partnerskih odnosih v družinski medicini. Zdravstveno varstvo, ISSN 0351-0026. [Tiskana izd.], 2016, letn. 55, št. 1, str. 11-20. http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/sjph.2016.55.issue-1/sjph-2016-0002/sjph-2016-0002.xml?format=INT, doi: 10.1515/sjph-2016-0002. [COBISS.SI-ID 3458789]