BIRCHAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

Faculty of Psychology

MODULE: Criminology

Program delivered by distance learning higher education up to a maximum of 42 credits. This module may be combined or completed with other online university courses from this faculty.

DESCRIPTION:

This program details and analyzes all aspects of crime patterns, methods and theory development, crime causation, crime in the modern world, and response to criminal behavior. It helps students to better understand the central issues defining contemporary criminology and come to their own conclusions about the value of criminological theorizing. It provides the principles of an effective criminal investigation, including equipment, technology, and procedures. It also describes investigative techniques and the identification and processing of physical evidence.

Courses list (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

1 BIU Earned Credit = 1 USA Semester Credit (15 hours of learning) = 2 ECTS Credit (30 hours of study).

Criminology

Criminal Justice

Academic Supervisor: Timothy Kiambi Maburi

More information about this supervisor and online university course instructors at BIU Human Network.

This module is applicable to Specialist, Expert, Bachelor's, Master's and Ph.D. (Doctor) Programs. This distance learning degree program is designed at the postgraduate level – Master’s or Doctoral. This module may be easily adapted to complete the Specialist, Expert or Bachelor’s adult degree program requirements. A further option is the enrollment into the online university courses listed in this module.

* University Course (3 credits): Select 1 subject from this module.

* Specialist Diploma (15 credits): First 5 subjects or select 5 subjects from this module.

* Expert Diploma (21 credits): First 7 subjects or select 7 subjects from this module.

* Bachelor's Degree (130 credits): The Admission certificate issued after submission of the application for admission will show the amount of credit transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete this undergraduate program's major. Additional courses from other modules of this faculty will be assigned in case that the credits displayed on this module are not enough to complete the bachelor's required credits.

* Master's Degree (35 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 13 credits corresponding to a final project to the selected subjects.

* Ph.D. (Doctor) (45 credits): Select from 3 to 9 subjects from this module depending on the amount of credits transferred from previous education and experience. Add 18 credits corresponding to a final thesis to the selected subjects.

BIU issues an admission certificate after receiving your complete application for admission. This document will show the amount of credits transferred and validated from previous education and experience, and the amount of credits required to complete the degree program's major. BIU can not perform this evaluation without the complete application for admission.

Courses Description (each subject accounts for 3 credits):

Criminology

This course provides an overview of the principle theories of criminality and the application of these theories to contemporary crime issues. It explores crime types, causation, patterns and organization, apprehension, punishment treatment, agents and agencies related to crime and criminals.

Instructor: Wilson Kiprono

Criminal Justice

This course examines the criminal justice system, including law enforcement, the courts and correctional methods; origins, ideologies and consequences of various systems, both historically and cross-culturally, with emphasis on contemporary criminal justice administration. It explores and evaluates differing philosophies underlying corrections of criminal behavior.

Instructor: Marianella Medina Perez

Organized Crime

This course examines local, regional, national and international crime groups and organizations as part of a criminal system that includes government officials, business leaders and police; provision of unlawful services in strong public demand and protection through corruption and intimidation.

Instructor: Wilson Kiprono

Delinquency & Violence

This course examines theoretical perspectives in the analysis and explanation of delinquency with emphasis on juvenile delinquency as a unique kind of crime, different from ordinary adult crime. It also explores such offenses as robbery, vandalism, arson, stalking, assaults, domestic violence, sex crimes and homicides as committed by both occasional and career criminals.

Instructor: Francisco Chelos Lopez

Fraud & Corporate Crime

This course examines economic crimes including bribery, fraud, misappropriation of funds, extortion and breach of trust. It focuses on corruption and other related financial crimes. It reviews the schemes used by employees, owners, managers, and executives to commit fraud, and the factors that motivate individuals to commit fraud, the strategies of fraud detection, and prevention measures.

Instructor: Wilson Kiprono

Drug Addictions

This course examines behavioral characteristics of addiction, drug-induced brain changes, learning-induced brain changes, the psychology of choice, obsessive compulsive disorder and its neural substrates, and the distinction between voluntary and involuntary behavior. It explores the psychological, social, legal, and situational factors involved in drug usage, its effect on human behavior and criminal activity, and critical issues in drug control initiatives.

Instructor: Francisco Chelos Lopez

Crime Victims

This course explores the historical role of crime victims, the victimization in modern society, the victimization process and solutions, and victim's rights. It gives emphasis to the social, legal, psychological aspects that affect the victim, the victim-offender interaction and society response to victims.

Instructor: Francisco Chelos Lopez

Fire & Arson Investigation

This course investigates approaches in fire and arson crimes with emphasis on arson motives and pathology, incendiary fire analysis and detection, fire behavior, principles related to fire origin and cause determination and a technical analysis of fraud related arson. Emphasis is placed on the collection and preservation of evidence, photography, diagrams and notes, interviewing, legal issues, court qualification and testimony.

Instructor: Luis Fontanet Sallán

Criminal Behavior

This course examines the psychological processes related to criminal behavior, social deviance, aggression theory, bio-psychological factors, criminal homicide, sexual offenses, drugs and crime, correctional psychology, the criminal offender, and the mentally disordered offender.

Instructor: Francisco Chelos Lopez

Crime Law and Prevention

This course examines the key areas in criminal law, including the sources of law, the different types of crimes, culpability and criminal capacity, elements of crime and the principles of legality. It also examines crime prevention programs at individual and community levels, as well as the legal, ethical, cost and benefits issues in crime prevention and the development of crime prevention policies.

Instructor: Marianella Medina Perez

Terrorism

This course takes an in-depth analysis into domestic and international terrorism with focus on current terrorist threats and issues. It examines causes, criminal procedures, legal and constitutional issues in reference to terrorism investigation, prevention, apprehension and prosecution of terrorists.

Instructor: Earle Taylor

Cyberspace Law

This course focuses on the legal issues confronting participants in Cyberspace. Whether viewed as Virtual Space, the Internet or simply the Web, Cyberspace promotes a most challenging interaction of law, public policy, technology and markets. In a provided context of cyber culture and technology, this course examines the key contemporary procedural and issues including jurisdiction, governmental regulation of pornography and indecency, privacy, intellectual property and evolving Internet commerce. It also focuses on the investigation and prosecution of computer crimes.

Instructor: Patrice Boisseau

Criminal Investigation

This course examines the elements and techniques of criminal investigations. It includes crime scene examination, collection of evidence, search for witnesses, questioning suspects and protection the integrity of physical evidence found at the scene and while in transit to a forensic science laboratory. It also reviews procedures for the use and control of informants, inquiries keyed to basic leads, other information-gathering activity and chain of custody procedures.

Instructor: Wilson Kiprono

Crime Scene & Evidence

This course examines the process of reconstructing the events and actions that occurred at the crime scene through analysis of crime scene pattern, position of physical evidence and its laboratory analysis. It explores the principles in identifying and analyzing physical evidence, its collection and preservation. It reviews the forms and relevancy of evidence that can be admitted in a court of law.

Instructor: Wilson Kiprono

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Professionally recognized and validated degrees.

Accredited (Non USA CHEA). International legalization available.

Non formal and independent education.