UNIVERSITY OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND POLICE STUDIES

THE UNDERGRADUATE ACADEMIC STUDIES OF CRIMINALISTICS

Course:

Criminalistics Tactics

Course Code: A21

ECTS: 7

Course Status:

Compulsory

Number of Effective Classes (Per Week): 4 + 2

Theoretical Education:

Practical Training:

Special Forms of Training:

4

2

-

Prerequisite/s: None

Educational Objective: Gathering knowledge about general tactical rules on preparation, planning and realization of operative and probative activities in prevention and fighting of crime.

Projected Outcome: Students will be prepared for practical legal and efficient enforcement of contemporary methods, operative and probative activities in countering crime.

Course Contents/Structure

Theoretical education: Notion and tasks of criminalistics; Тhe scientific development of criminalistics; Тhe notion of criminalistics tactics and its relationship with other branches of criminalistics; Тhe rules and activities of criminalistics in investigation of crimes and detection of criminals; Criminalistics investigation and checking; International cooperation in criminal matters; Operative activities; Gathering of information; Surveillance; Restrictions of movement in particular areas; Pursuit activities of criminals, other persones and objects; Implementation of specially trained dogs; Following of subjects; Preparation and realisation of polygraph interrogation; Apprehension – arrest tactics; Police questioning of the suspects; Alibi checks; Police and court questioning of witnesses; Confronting of the suspects and witnesses; Police Lineup of suspects; Specific probative activities; Secret communications of criminals; Crime Scene investigation; Reconstruction of events; Search and seizure; Temporary deprivation of objects; Expertise.

Practical training: Presentation of criminalistics tactical situations and training in their solving, training of practical acting and documenting of certain operative and probative actions.

Teaching Methods: lecture, modified lecture, presentation, demonstration, simulation, case study.

Assessment (Maximum Number of Points: 100)

Pre-Exam Obligations

No. of Points

Final Examination

No. of Points

Active participation in classes

5

Oral examination

50

Practical training

5

 

 

(Mid)Term test(s)

40

 

 

Textbook/s

1. Žarković, M., Kriminalistička taktika: Beograd, Kriminalističko-policijska akademija, 2012.