Selected issues in criminology and forensics 2403-PE-100-PPs2

Lecture
1.Modus operandi of offenders - concept and features
2. Factors determining modus opernadi (internal and external)
3. Violent crime - selected issues
• The issue of homicides: legal aspect, motives of homicides, typology of murder perpetrators, characteristics of selected categories of killers (serial and multiple killers)
• Psychological characteristics of the perpetrators of homicides
• Destructive emotions in the etiology of criminal behavior
• Motivation of aggressive behavior of offenders

4. Symptomatic and etiological characteristics of sexual crimes
5.Mobbing, stalking and sexual harassment
• Stalking as a manifestation of emotional, moral and physical terror
6. Criminal acts in partnerships
7. Profiles of perpetrators of pedophilia
8. Activities of criminal organizations
9. Psychosocial aspects of terrorist crime
10. Motivation of criminal activities
11. Profiling an unknown perpetrator (perpetrator characteristics; constructs of motive, personality and behavior)
12. Geographic profiling
Seminars
1. The concept of criminology and forensics. Criminology and forensics and other scientific disciplines
2. Crime, crime, crime syndrome and potential, dark number of crimes, crime ranges, determinants of criminal behavior
3. Psychology of perpetrators of crimes
• Motivations of criminal behavior
• Profiles of offenders
4 Psychology of crime victims
• Personal predisposition to become a victim of a crime
• Women as victims of crime
• Children as victims of crime
5. Obtaining testimonies from perpetrators and victims of various crime categories 6. Using a polygraph to assess the credibility of explanations
7. Evidence from the crime scene

Total student workload

LECTURE and CONVERSTORY 1. Contact hours 30 in 15 k = 45 g 2. Individual working hours of a student 35 3. Hours devoted to preparation for the test and exam 25 The sum of the student's working hours 105 = 4 ECTS points

Learning outcomes - knowledge

W1 - deepened terminology in the field of criminology as a science related to penitentiary pedagogy (K_W01) W2 - the newest theoretical concepts dealing with human development in various spheres and the etiology of selected phenomena in the area of crime to an extended degree (K_W06) W3 - the specificity of the functioning of offenders to an orderly degree (K_W15)

Learning outcomes - skills

U1 - find and interpret information on the manifestations of criminal behavior (K_U01) U2 - provide an in-depth diagnosis and assessment of persons committing prohibited acts and requiring penitentiary actions (K_U07)

Learning outcomes - social competencies

K1 - taking up professional challenges of a penitentiary pedagogue in the field of rehabilitation of offenders (K_K02) K2 - perceiving ethical dilemmas related to the work of a penitentiary pedagogue and interactions with perpetrators of crimes (K_K05)

Expository teaching methods

- participatory lecture
- informative (conventional) lecture

Exploratory teaching methods

- practical
- seminar

Type of course

compulsory course

Prerequisites

(in Polish) Brak

Course coordinators

Małgorzata Kowalczyk

Assessment criteria

Number of points obtained on the written test
Passing the test and being active in class as a form of passing the seminar.
The final test includes 4 problem questions. To pass, it is required to obtain 60% of the points.
The written exam consists of 5 questions W06, W07, W08. 60% of the points are required to pass the exam.
Assessment method: Exam and written test W1, W2, W3, U1, U2,
Assessment criteria for written exams and tests (tests), assignments (applies to all components of the exam, test or test)
Above 95%, the rating is very good
90% good plus rating
80% good
70% rating fair plus
60% - pass threshold, grade satisfactory

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