Criminal Investigation and Criminalistics

Code:

C413

Acronym:

ICC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Forensic Sciences

Instance: 2013/2014 - 2S (since 17-02-2014 to 23-05-2014)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Criminology

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
C	61	Oficial Study Plan LC	4	-	4	-

Teaching language

Suitable for English-speaking students

Objectives

 Main objective: in this curricular unit, it is intended that students know, in a critical way, the phase, the method and the procedures of criminal investigation and criminalistic in the wider context of the criminal procedure and the justice system.

Specific objectives:

Critical knowledge of the sociopolitical context in which the development of the criminal investigation and criminalistic takes place;

To know the method and the criminal cycle namely at the level of understanding of its actors, dimensions and processes;

Understanding the articulation of criminal investigation with the intelligence and the interinstitucional and international cooperation;

Critical exercise of the connection between the criminal investigation activity and criminology;

To know the manifestation of contemporary forms of crime and criminal investigation;

To be aware of the studies on criminality and other products that emerge from the criminal investigation.

  

Learning outcomes and competences

 At the end of this curricular unit, the students should:

Define and understand the criminal and criminalistic investigation method as well as the system where they develop;

Identify the institutions, entities, agents, processes and mechanisms underneath the criminal investigation;

Critically analyze the connection between criminal investigation and criminology.

  

Working method

Presencial

Program

 I- The Criminal Investigation and Criminalistic (conceptual notions)

II- The Criminal Justice System

III- The Actors of the System

IV- Penal Criminal Procedures

V- Criminal information’s Management

VI- The Inter-institutional and international Cooperation

VII- Towards the Criminal investigation’ dimension and the Criminology: the problematic of juridical, scientific, ethical, symbolic, critical and functional dimensions

VIII- Seminars: “ Contemporary Manifestations of Criminality and Criminal Investigation”

  

Mandatory literature

Antunes, M. A. Ferreira; Investigação Criminal – uma perspetiva introdutória, in Policia e Justiça, Escola de Polícia Judiciária, Loures, pp. 4-8, 1985
Antunes, M. A. Ferreira; Técnicas de Investigação Criminal, in Boletim do Ministério da Justiça, n.º. 338. Lisboa, pp. 7-44, 1984
Braz José; Investigação criminal. ISBN: 978-972-40-4350-0
Gilbert, James; Criminal investigation, Prentice Hall, New Jersey, 2001
Leal José Manuel Pires 1968-; O^tráfico de estupefacientes e de substâncias psicotrópicas, e seus proventos
Sánchez, Jesús I. Fernández; Investigación criminal, Editorial Bosch, Barcelona, 2009

Teaching methods and learning activities

Theoretical -practical classes, combining the presentation of the syllabus with the analysis and discussion of the literature and case studies selected by the teacher and previously prepared by students.

Evaluation: Distributed evaluation with final exam. In the distributed evaluation component, students should elaborate a written analysis about the relation between criminal investigation and Criminology.

 

  

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	70,00
Trabalho escrito	30,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade

Formula Evaluation: Final Classification = 0.30 (distributed evaluation) + 0.70 (final Exam)