Programme:

Criminalistics and Security (2022/2023)

Study Cycle:	Second Cycle (Postgraduate)
Faculty:	Law

Programme Code:	CS120
Academic year:	2024 / 2025
Title:	Master of Criminalistics and Security
ECTS:	120 (2 years) Accrediation
Decision:	Decision for starting of the program

The study program aims to provide a range of modules that will form the basis of information and advanced knowledge in the field of criminalistics and security studies aimed at training students to basic professions related to this field by providing solid specific and systematic knowledge on institutes and concepts of criminalistics and security, and on their situation and prospects in the region and world.

The Law Faculty diploma is recognized by the Chamber of Lawyers and Notaries in RNM. Exercise of legal professions requires formal registration in these rooms. Graduate of the Faculty of Law enables students to approach the relevant state bodies, especially in judicial branch as courts and public prosecutors. The Law Faculty has signed cooperation agreements with the Academy for training of judges and public prosecutors in the RNM. Students who will have the ambition to deal with scientific research work, the Law Faculty of SEEU, enables the continuation of the studies-PhD studies. Students in this program, are also professionally trained for all occupations in the field of national and international security, with particular emphasis on the practice of professions within the organs of security system in the country.

Knowledge and understanding

Has advanced theoretical knowledge and practical understanding of national security system and reproduces knowledge about goals and safety standards;
Has knowledge and insights on specific measures and preventive and repressive actions of the security in the context of crisis management situations and the priorities in the field of security;
Possesses a detailed knowledge of understanding and acceptance of basic principles of professional ethics in the field of security;
Has a specific understanding on the technologies and methodologies of research in the field of security;

Applying knowledge and understanding

Identifies and implements policies, procedures and safety rules in the field;
Identifies and analyses the most complex issues in the field of security, taking part actively in all phases of the implementation of policies, procedures and decisions in the field of security and the establishment of safety standards in organizations and institutions in the field security;
Interprets and discusses contemporary issues related to complex risks, challenges and threats to security;
Formulates plans, reports and strategic documents in the field of crisis management situations and to use techniques and control mechanisms of safety standards;
Applies knowledge gained through the research process of solving complex and practical issues of security;

Making judgement

Makes decisions for solving the most complex cases through research to create practical policies, procedures and decisions in the security field;
Evaluates and differentiates safety standards organizations and institutions in the security field;
Has advanced critical thinking by applying the method of analysis and comparison;

Communication skills

Utilizes proper terminology for complex and specific issues in the area of security system.
Is involved in research based legal argumentation and debate.
Utilizes the official languages of the University as well as more advanced computer skills in the research work.

Learning skills

Develops a regulation of research to be used in their profession.
Creates a practice of lifelong learning and service through being involved in training persons that work in the state institutions of crime prevention.

Semester 1

[CM157] [6 ECTS] Criminal Law (Applied Program)
The aim of this subject is to introduce students to criminal institutions, norms and principles in which criminal law is built. Criminal law as a positive law is a system of norms, by which certain behaviours of people are considered as a criminal offense, for which offenses are provided penalties and sanctions by the state, also are provided and defined conditions and ways of their implementation.
[MCCR1040] [6 ECTS] Criminology
This course aims to analyse the phenomenology and origin of crime. The aims of this course include the study of the forms in which crimes appear, their dynamics, structure and influencing factors. This course will analyse the internal, micro-group and external factors that influence crimes.
[MCSS1011] [6 ECTS] General Criminalistics
Through this course students will gain general knowledge about the science of criminalistics. This science contributes to the fight against crime by detecting and preventing it. This course will be processed in a theoretical and practical way (through active lectures, consultations, given literature, discussions with students, etc.). Purpose of this course is the preparation and training of students for use of criminalistics tools and methods used for discovering and clarifying the crimes and crime prevention.
[EM513] [6 ECTS] Economic Crime
The aim of the subject is to recognize and analyse the criminal occurrences with economic character, their emergence and their characteristics, the multidimensional negative influence, the easy of revealing and giving light, the forms of emergence, and the institutions that in direct and indirect manner fight this crime.
[6 ECTS] Elective Course
- [CM159] Juvenile Delinquency
  Juvenile criminals are in close connection with other phenomena of socio-pathological, such as drug addiction, alcoholism and prostitution, phenomena that are distributed today in almost every country in the world, and unfortunately, they are present in our country. Therefore, the purpose of this discipline is to discover and record new forms of this criminal phenomenon and to explain the reasons for their presence in order to propose appropriate measures for their prevention and repression.
- [MCCR3050] Forensic Medicine
  Students will gain knowledge of forensic science to crimes against life and health, as well as basic terminology that provides key guidance for coordination and communication between the investigative and judicial departments. Through this module the student will be able to formulate requests, orders and other written submissions between judges and forensic experts, especially the issue of writs for injuries, an expert forensic, orders for the identification of persons living of corpses and skeletal remains.
- [EMCR3021] Human Trafficking
  Human trafficking is a particular form of organized crime is characterized as a modern-day slavery. This serious type of crime represents a profound violation of human rights and freedoms and is prohibited and is followed by international agreements and national laws and mechanisms of repression. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with theoretical and practical aspects of the advanced features of this phenomenon by analysing the most important international conventions and domestic laws and mechanisms in this area and understanding of domestic jurisprudence concerning cases of trafficking people. Course objectives: - Defining the crime of trafficking in human beings; - Identification of components of a comprehensive framework for combating trafficking in human beings; - Assessing the critical challenges in eradicating human trafficking in a global society.
- [MCSS2031] Criminalistic Techniques and Tactics
  Specialization in this area is needed especially for the professional who will work in the justice-court, public prosecutor and judicial police. Criminalistics at its core has substantive and procedural criminal legislation and regulations derived from them. All legal figures of the offense identify the determination of factual data and which are relevant to the resolution of all criminal and criminal case rights.
- [EMCL1011] Domestic Violence
  Domestic violence is a social phenomenon of wide scale and widespread in contemporary society. It is present in all states and societies regardless of their development and emancipation. Immune to this phenomenon is neither our country nor the region in which we live. Therefore, law students through this course gain knowledge of what is domestic violence, the forms in which it is manifested, the legal arrangements in the country, the region and the international sphere as well as the ways of preventing it. Through this course, students at the end of the course will be able to identify domestic violence, identify criminal offenses that are incriminated in the Criminal Code as domestic violence, and develop critical thinking about this problematic. This course enables the future jurisdiction to handle issues of this sphere of high sensitivity as well as to provide the most adequate assistance and protection for the victims of these criminal offenses in the exercise of his future profession as a judge, prosecutor or lawyer.
- [EM515] Environmental Crime
  In this course students will gain basic knowledge about the forms of presentation of economic crime, forms and causes of endangering the environment and the characteristics of perpetrators of this type of crime. Special attention will be paid to the study of criminal offenses against ecological crime, the consequences of ecological criminal offenses, police activity in the prevention of ecological crime, tactical-criminal and investigative measures and activities aimed at detecting criminal offenses that destroy the living environment.
- [EM156] Traffic Criminalistics
  In this course students will gain basic knowledge about road traffic delinquency, traffic accidents, serious criminal offenses against the safety of people and property in traffic, road safety and protection, basic principles as well as mutual relations of participants and other entities in road traffic. Special attention will be paid to the study of the methodology of processing accidents in road, air, and water traffic.
- [MCCR3040] Comparative Criminal Law
  The course examines the penal systems of different countries, systematic analysis of solutions of the criminal laws in the context of existing social conditions and factors, the development trends of criminal laws and their harmonization with penal legislation within the EU.
- [MCCR2030] International Criminal Law
  After successfully completing the course, students are expected to have gained a solid knowledge of the concepts and scope of this discipline, the rates in ICL, the repressive powers and jurisdiction of the states, extradition, asylum, transfer of criminal procedure, criminal legal aid, cooperation and the corpus of international human rights and international powers over criminal cases.
- [MCSS3040] Ethics in Criminalistics
  The aim of the subject is to prepare and qualify the students, as future criminalists, on applying the basic knowledge on ethics, the moral and to apply them in the respective profession. The students will get acquainted with the legal norms that determine and give them the right how to behave in various situations in the role of the workers that fight the crime.

Semester 2

[CM158] [6 ECTS] Criminal Procedural Law (Applied Program)
Criminal procedure is a scientific discipline that studies legal norms that regulate the position of the parties as well as the competencies of the parties and other subjects participating in the criminal process, type, form and conditions for taking procedural actions. The subject of study is the system of legal remedies- regular and extraordinary as well as special procedures.
[MCCR2010] [6 ECTS] Penology
This course analyses the execution of criminal sanctions, the procedure of the execution of incarceration sentences, as well as non-incarceration sentences by analysing the Law on execution of sanctions and the Law on Probation.
[MCCR3020] [6 ECTS] Organized Crime
The aim of the subject is to enrich the students with knowledge on organized crime as a notion and phenomenon that is present in various fields of the society. In this context there will be analysed the elements that comprise the criminal situation with organized character, the corruption as a key factor, that has influence on this type of crime, the unique investigative measures that do affect the revealing, documentation and prevention of the organized crime, and the international cooperation role in the fight against the organized crime.
[EM511] [6 ECTS] Criminal Policy
In this course students will be introduced to all preventive measures of crime provided in the criminal justice system in the country and beyond.
[6 ECTS] Elective Course
- [CM159] Juvenile Delinquency
  Juvenile criminals are in close connection with other phenomena of socio-pathological, such as drug addiction, alcoholism and prostitution, phenomena that are distributed today in almost every country in the world, and unfortunately, they are present in our country. Therefore, the purpose of this discipline is to discover and record new forms of this criminal phenomenon and to explain the reasons for their presence in order to propose appropriate measures for their prevention and repression.
- [MCCR3050] Forensic Medicine
  Students will gain knowledge of forensic science to crimes against life and health, as well as basic terminology that provides key guidance for coordination and communication between the investigative and judicial departments. Through this module the student will be able to formulate requests, orders and other written submissions between judges and forensic experts, especially the issue of writs for injuries, an expert forensic, orders for the identification of persons living of corpses and skeletal remains.
- [EMCR3021] Human Trafficking
  Human trafficking is a particular form of organized crime is characterized as a modern-day slavery. This serious type of crime represents a profound violation of human rights and freedoms and is prohibited and is followed by international agreements and national laws and mechanisms of repression. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with theoretical and practical aspects of the advanced features of this phenomenon by analysing the most important international conventions and domestic laws and mechanisms in this area and understanding of domestic jurisprudence concerning cases of trafficking people. Course objectives: - Defining the crime of trafficking in human beings; - Identification of components of a comprehensive framework for combating trafficking in human beings; - Assessing the critical challenges in eradicating human trafficking in a global society.
- [MCSS2031] Criminalistic Techniques and Tactics
  Specialization in this area is needed especially for the professional who will work in the justice-court, public prosecutor and judicial police. Criminalistics at its core has substantive and procedural criminal legislation and regulations derived from them. All legal figures of the offense identify the determination of factual data and which are relevant to the resolution of all criminal and criminal case rights.
- [EMCL1011] Domestic Violence
  Domestic violence is a social phenomenon of wide scale and widespread in contemporary society. It is present in all states and societies regardless of their development and emancipation. Immune to this phenomenon is neither our country nor the region in which we live. Therefore, law students through this course gain knowledge of what is domestic violence, the forms in which it is manifested, the legal arrangements in the country, the region and the international sphere as well as the ways of preventing it. Through this course, students at the end of the course will be able to identify domestic violence, identify criminal offenses that are incriminated in the Criminal Code as domestic violence, and develop critical thinking about this problematic. This course enables the future jurisdiction to handle issues of this sphere of high sensitivity as well as to provide the most adequate assistance and protection for the victims of these criminal offenses in the exercise of his future profession as a judge, prosecutor or lawyer.
- [EM515] Environmental Crime
  In this course students will gain basic knowledge about the forms of presentation of economic crime, forms and causes of endangering the environment and the characteristics of perpetrators of this type of crime. Special attention will be paid to the study of criminal offenses against ecological crime, the consequences of ecological criminal offenses, police activity in the prevention of ecological crime, tactical-criminal and investigative measures and activities aimed at detecting criminal offenses that destroy the living environment.
- [EM156] Traffic Criminalistics
  In this course students will gain basic knowledge about road traffic delinquency, traffic accidents, serious criminal offenses against the safety of people and property in traffic, road safety and protection, basic principles as well as mutual relations of participants and other entities in road traffic. Special attention will be paid to the study of the methodology of processing accidents in road, air, and water traffic.
- [MCCR3040] Comparative Criminal Law
  The course examines the penal systems of different countries, systematic analysis of solutions of the criminal laws in the context of existing social conditions and factors, the development trends of criminal laws and their harmonization with penal legislation within the EU.
- [MCCR2030] International Criminal Law
  After successfully completing the course, students are expected to have gained a solid knowledge of the concepts and scope of this discipline, the rates in ICL, the repressive powers and jurisdiction of the states, extradition, asylum, transfer of criminal procedure, criminal legal aid, cooperation and the corpus of international human rights and international powers over criminal cases.
- [MCSS3040] Ethics in Criminalistics
  The aim of the subject is to prepare and qualify the students, as future criminalists, on applying the basic knowledge on ethics, the moral and to apply them in the respective profession. The students will get acquainted with the legal norms that determine and give them the right how to behave in various situations in the role of the workers that fight the crime.

Semester 3

[EMSS3030] [6 ECTS] Computer Crime
Students will gain advanced knowledge on new types of crimes that are performed by computers and internet networks and modern ways of preventing it, which is highly developed in today's digital society. Will be analysed crimes such as computer fraud, counterfeiting of software, and other forms of internet abuse for criminal purposes. Will analyse the international and national legislation in order to gain solid knowledge on standards and global trends in this subject.
[MCCR3010] [6 ECTS] Victimology
This course aims to analyse different aspects of the position of the victim of crime. The victimological phenomenology and origin will be studied, as well as the form, the structure and the dynamics of the victimization, as well as the factors it is influenced by.
[MCSS2030] [6 ECTS] Police Law
The objectives of the course program consist in the fact that students will: - Gain basic knowledge of police law, sources of police law, the legal framework, the responsibilities of the police and the internal organization of the police in the RNM; - Have detailed knowledge about the police law of the RNM as well as comparative information for the police laws in other states; - obtain individual critical thinking; - Be able to perform analysis and research on specific concepts and events relevant to the police law; - Have the ability to present the results of research, work in teams and debate; - Be able to apply the theory in practical cases in real life.
[MCCR1120] [6 ECTS] Research Methodology
Students will be able to: - To apply the main methods of legal and other research. - To collect research material in a critical way that is relevant, and which are cited by the authors in their responses. - To understand the scope of the research and access to various methods of research, being able even to their critical review. - To study the relationship between legal theory and research practice through an advanced approach. - To apply skills and knowledge learned in their theses.
[6 ECTS] Elective Course
- [CM159] Juvenile Delinquency
  Juvenile criminals are in close connection with other phenomena of socio-pathological, such as drug addiction, alcoholism and prostitution, phenomena that are distributed today in almost every country in the world, and unfortunately, they are present in our country. Therefore, the purpose of this discipline is to discover and record new forms of this criminal phenomenon and to explain the reasons for their presence in order to propose appropriate measures for their prevention and repression.
- [MCCR3050] Forensic Medicine
  Students will gain knowledge of forensic science to crimes against life and health, as well as basic terminology that provides key guidance for coordination and communication between the investigative and judicial departments. Through this module the student will be able to formulate requests, orders and other written submissions between judges and forensic experts, especially the issue of writs for injuries, an expert forensic, orders for the identification of persons living of corpses and skeletal remains.
- [EMCR3021] Human Trafficking
  Human trafficking is a particular form of organized crime is characterized as a modern-day slavery. This serious type of crime represents a profound violation of human rights and freedoms and is prohibited and is followed by international agreements and national laws and mechanisms of repression. The purpose of this course is to acquaint students with theoretical and practical aspects of the advanced features of this phenomenon by analysing the most important international conventions and domestic laws and mechanisms in this area and understanding of domestic jurisprudence concerning cases of trafficking people. Course objectives: - Defining the crime of trafficking in human beings; - Identification of components of a comprehensive framework for combating trafficking in human beings; - Assessing the critical challenges in eradicating human trafficking in a global society.
- [MCSS2031] Criminalistic Techniques and Tactics
  Specialization in this area is needed especially for the professional who will work in the justice-court, public prosecutor and judicial police. Criminalistics at its core has substantive and procedural criminal legislation and regulations derived from them. All legal figures of the offense identify the determination of factual data and which are relevant to the resolution of all criminal and criminal case rights.
- [EMCL1011] Domestic Violence
  Domestic violence is a social phenomenon of wide scale and widespread in contemporary society. It is present in all states and societies regardless of their development and emancipation. Immune to this phenomenon is neither our country nor the region in which we live. Therefore, law students through this course gain knowledge of what is domestic violence, the forms in which it is manifested, the legal arrangements in the country, the region and the international sphere as well as the ways of preventing it. Through this course, students at the end of the course will be able to identify domestic violence, identify criminal offenses that are incriminated in the Criminal Code as domestic violence, and develop critical thinking about this problematic. This course enables the future jurisdiction to handle issues of this sphere of high sensitivity as well as to provide the most adequate assistance and protection for the victims of these criminal offenses in the exercise of his future profession as a judge, prosecutor or lawyer.
- [EM515] Environmental Crime
  In this course students will gain basic knowledge about the forms of presentation of economic crime, forms and causes of endangering the environment and the characteristics of perpetrators of this type of crime. Special attention will be paid to the study of criminal offenses against ecological crime, the consequences of ecological criminal offenses, police activity in the prevention of ecological crime, tactical-criminal and investigative measures and activities aimed at detecting criminal offenses that destroy the living environment.
- [EM156] Traffic Criminalistics
  In this course students will gain basic knowledge about road traffic delinquency, traffic accidents, serious criminal offenses against the safety of people and property in traffic, road safety and protection, basic principles as well as mutual relations of participants and other entities in road traffic. Special attention will be paid to the study of the methodology of processing accidents in road, air, and water traffic.
- [MCCR3040] Comparative Criminal Law
  The course examines the penal systems of different countries, systematic analysis of solutions of the criminal laws in the context of existing social conditions and factors, the development trends of criminal laws and their harmonization with penal legislation within the EU.
- [MCCR2030] International Criminal Law
  After successfully completing the course, students are expected to have gained a solid knowledge of the concepts and scope of this discipline, the rates in ICL, the repressive powers and jurisdiction of the states, extradition, asylum, transfer of criminal procedure, criminal legal aid, cooperation and the corpus of international human rights and international powers over criminal cases.
- [MCSS3040] Ethics in Criminalistics
  The aim of the subject is to prepare and qualify the students, as future criminalists, on applying the basic knowledge on ethics, the moral and to apply them in the respective profession. The students will get acquainted with the legal norms that determine and give them the right how to behave in various situations in the role of the workers that fight the crime.

Semester 4

[MCCR4010] [30 ECTS] Master Thesis
This module enables students to transfer their skills and knowledge to research and make more complex task of Master-Thesis. The module is designed to be fully practical and students to acquire the necessary knowledge and skills to approach writing the thesis. The module has unique return result-to enable students to write the master thesis with minimal difficulties, and with maximum efficiency. The course aims to improve research techniques and style of writing paper, taking account to stop illegal means, such as plagiarism and infringement of copyright, which are prohibited by the Statute of SEEU.