Criminal Investigation and Criminalistics

Code:

C413

Acronym:

ICC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Forensic Sciences

Instance: 2015/2016 - 2S (since 15-02-2016 to 20-05-2016)

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	64	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 sociopolitical context, 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;

Understanding 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: final exam.

 

  

Evaluation Type

Evaluation with final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Exame	100,00
Total:	100,00

Calculation formula of final grade