School of Criminalistics

School of Criminalistics

The School of Criminalistics and Criminology aims to bring about a cast of mind trained in the complexity represented by the convergence of medical and legal knowledge. And not only the classical, academic conception of the criminalistic and criminological sciences, but also the adaptation of these disciplines to present-day reality. Transnational criminal activities, offenders of different nationalities and different religions, international regulations, related offences etc… a leaning of criminalistics and criminology towards the concept of security as well.

The programme of study includes the most innovative subjects connected with the criminal acts of terrorism in urban settings, ethnic psychology applied to crime, the neurobiology of trauma, violence and sexual violence, new narcotic substances, etc.. together with the most innovative international contributions in the field of criminalistics and criminology.

The School of Criminalistics and Criminology is intended for professionals in the field such as psychologists, doctors, sociologists, anthropologists, forensic experts, biologists, toxicobiologists, jurists, Law Enforcement officers, criminologists and specialists, as well as for university students, graduates and researchers who wish to deepen their studies in the field and/or wish to embark on a career in it.

The School of Criminalistics and Criminology will last a total of one academic year

Methodology: classroom lectures

Admission: subject to assessment of the candidate’s C.V.

Teaching areas and subjects:

Criminalistic and Investigative Disciplines

• Criminal history
• Crime scene analysis
• Recovery and preservation of evidence
• Investigative techniques and methodologies
• Psychology of investigation and profiling
• Police Interrogation Techniques
• Witness management
• Ballistics and Explosives
• Evidence at trial
• The United States model and the European model
• Analysis of the expert witness process in criminal and civil proceedings

Forensic Disciplines

• General Criminology
• International crime and organised crime
• Juvenile Criminology
• Forensic biology
• Crime prevention and Security
• Management of major events
• Youth gangs
• Immigration and prostitution
• Female crime
• Mobbing
• Stalking
• Satanism
• Mafia phenomena
• Drug trafficking
• Middle Eastern crime
• The undercover agent
• Serial offences and serial killers
• Petty crime
• Victimology
• Cybercrime and computer crime
• Economic and financial crime
• The Analyst: gathering and analysing data
• Forged documents
• An outline of graphology
• Terrorism and Counter-terrorism
• Principles of intelligence

Forensic medicine section

• Forensic medicine
• Drugs and polydrug dependence
• Improper use of drugs in sexual violence
• Poisons- Elements of biotoxicology

Psychopathology and psychiatry section

• Neuro-physio-psychological bases of violent behaviour
• General psychopathology and an outline of clinical psychiatry
• Paedophilia and sexual perversions
• Forensic psychopathology and psychiatry
• Clinical criminology
• Forensic psychodiagnostics
• Legal psychology

Law in Criminology

• Constitutional law
• Elements of criminal law and criminal procedure
• International criminal law
• Law of the sea
• Prison law and prison treatment
• The United Nations system
• Military criminal law

Sociology

• Elements of General sociology
• Sociology of Crime
• The sociology of Deviance and its correlation with crime

Communication

• Managing communication in crises and emergencies
• Strategic communication
• Interpersonal and non-violent communication in conflicts
• Media management

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