Name of Lecturer: Prof. dr. Saulius Arlauskas tfk@mruni.lt

Criminalistics Technique: Theory and Practice
Name of Lecturer: prof. dr. Egidijus Vidmantas Kurapka, prof. dr. Eglė Bilevičiūtė,
Faculty: Law Faculty
Department, Contact Details: Department of Criminal Procedure and Department of
Administrative Law & Procedure, tel: +370 5 2714639, eglek@mruni.lt
Language of instruction: English
Level of Course Unit: Bachelor, Master
Year of Study (if applicable): not applicable
Required prerequisites: none
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit 1 . A student will know/will be able to
operate the received knowledge and practical skills in criminal investigation activities,
to implement different forensic techniques on crime scenes and during criminal
investigation. Students will be able to use received knowledge in practical work of
forensic expert or detective.
ECTS credits: 6
Contact hours per week: 3
Semester: Autumn
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods: lectures, seminars, practical
exercises, self-contained work
Assessment methods and Criteria: Exam (essay, test or oral exam (presentation)).
Exam – 50 % of final grade, class work (practical exercises during practical seminar)
– 50 %.
Course content: The main goal of subject is to teach students to have special
criminalistics theoretical knowledge and practical skills, which allows to better
understand criminal cases and others violations of law investigation process through
studying and having practical work, related with solving criminal and others cases and
violations of law. The students will find out how to use criminalistics methods and
means for investigation process and for solving crimes. Students will be acquainted
with development trends of criminalistic technique, with new techniques of forensic
examination and its implementation’s opportunities. Student will have an opportunity
to visit Lithuanian Forensic Science Centre, Lithuanian Police Criminal Investigation
Centre, State Forensic Medicine Service, to acquaint with practical work of
investigators and forensic scientists.
Basics of criminalistics methods and means for crime and other violations of law
investigation: an introduction to forensic science, criminalistics photography,
trasology, criminalistics crime scene examination, ballistics, handwriting
identification, document investigation, criminalistics voice identification, odorology,
criminalistics registration – all of it would be presented during lectures and practical
exercises.
Reading list:
1. Richard Saferstein. Forensic science : an introduction. Upper Saddle River
(N.J.): Pearson: Prentice Hall, 2011.
2. Max Houck, Jay A. Siegel. Fundamentals of forensic science. Amsterdam:
Elsevier: Academic Press, 2010.
3. Anthony J. Bertino, Patricia Nolan Bertino. Forensic science: fundamentals &
investigations. Mason, (Ohio): South-Western: Cengage Learning, 2009.
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