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Criminal Justice and Security – (M.A.)

University of Maribor

Faculty of Criminal Justice and Security
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Application Deadline: Call for applications has been published on May 29th; Deadline for applicants: September 1st; Enrollment: September 30th 2011
Annual Tuition Fee: ≈ € 2,300 -
Location: Maribor / Slovenia / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴
Duration: 24 months Start Date: October
Educational Form:
  • Taught
Education Variants:
  • Parttime
  • Fulltime
Credits (ECTS): 120
Languages: English  Slovenian 
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Location of University of Maribor

Upon the completion of this programme, the graduates are awarded a master´s degree (M.A. in Criminal Justice and Security). This master´s degree programme is designed so as to develop students´ competences for managing security organizations and most demanding processes in the field of security provision, as well as for successful managing and implementation of professional tasks related to criminal justice and security, including analyzing, planning, designing, developing and managing safety and security processes in state bodies, non-governmental organizations and companies.


Contents

1st YEAR

* CONSTITUTIONAL CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
* ELEMENTS OF CRIMINAL POLICY
* CRIME, CRIME PREVENTION AND PROVISION OF SAFETY

ELECTIVES (students select 6 courses from the following list):

* THE LAW OF EVIDENCE
* SELECTED ISSUES IN VICTIMOLOGY
* DEVIANCE AT THE WORKPLACE
* ADVANCED TOPICS IN VIOLENCE AND VIOLENT CRIME
* DRUGS AND CRIME
* SYSTEMIC ASPECTS OF THE PROTECTION OF SECRET DATA
* CORPORATE SAFETY AND SECURITY CULTURE AND BUSINESS ORGANIZATION
* MANAGEMENT OF SECURITY PROCESSES
* OPERATIVE POLICE MANAGEMENT
* PROFILLING IN CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
* FORENSIC SCIENCES
* DETECTION OF SELECTED FORMS OF TRANSNATIONAL CRIME
* OVERSIGHT OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS
* BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE
* INSURANCE INDUSTRY AND SECURITY
* APPLIED AND INTEGRATIVE STUDIES IN CJ AND SECURITY
* E-COMMERCE AND INFORMATION SECURITY
* PRIVACY AND SURVEILLANCE IN INFORMATION SOCIETY
* INFORMATION SECURITY STANDARDS
* CRYPTOGRAPHIC SISTEMS AND ALGORITHMS
* INFORMATIN SYSTEM ACCESS CONTROL
* BUSINESS CONTINUTY MANAGEMENT AND INCIDENT MANAGEMENT
* CYBER CRIME
* COMPUTER FORENSICS

2nd YEAR

* CRITICAL THINKING AND PROBLEM SOLVING
* METHODOLOGY OF SOCIAL RESEARCH AND APPLIED MULTIVARIATE STATISTICS
* MASTER THESIS

+ STUDENTS SELECT 1 MODULE FROM THE FOLLOWING LIST:

POLICE ACTIVITY

* STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND SECURITY ORGANIZATIONS
* COMPARISON OF CONTEMPORARY POLICING APPROACHES

CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION

* CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AS A GNOSEOLOGICAL PROCESS
* CRIME INVESTIGATION STRATEGY OF CRIME REDUCTION

CRIMINOLOGY

* SOCIOLOGICAL AND PHIKOSOPHICAL ASPECTS IN CRIMINOLOGY
* SENTENCING POLICY AND PENOLOGY

INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY ACTIVITY

* INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY ACTIVITY
* PSYCHOSOCIAL ASPECTS OF INTELLIGENCE AND SECURITY ACTIVITY

BUSINESS PROCESS SECURITY

* INDUSTRIAL, ECONOMIC AND BUSINESS SECURITY
* PRIVATE SECURITY INDUSTRY

PEACEKEEPING PROCESS AND INTERNATIONAL SECURITY

* HUMANITARIAN INTERVENTIONS AND PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS
* EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL TREATY BASED CRIMINAL LAW

INFORMATION SECURITY

* BASIC CONCEPTS OF INFORMATION SECURITY (INFORMATION SECURITY PRIMER)
* INFORMATION SYSTEM SECURITY MANAGEMENT

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Requirements

M.A. in Criminal Justice and Security programme is available to the candidates who have successfully completed:

- a first-degree university (B.A. programme in the relevant areas of study restricted to administration and organizational sciences (public administration, management, logistics), law, political sciences (political sciences, defence studies, international relations), criminology and social studies (criminal justice and security, social pedagogy, social work);

- a first-degree university (B.A. programme in other fields of study upon having successfully completed those study requirements that are indispensible for further study and amounting to 22 ECTS, i.e., the following study subjects: Law Enforcement Powers of Social Control Institutions, Theories of Policing, Criminal Investigation 1;

- a three year college programme (adopted before June 11, 2004) in the relevant field of areas of study restricted to administration and organizational sciences (public administration, management), criminology and social studies (criminal justice and security, social work);

- a three year college programme (adopted before June 11, 2004) programme in other fields of study upon having successfully completed those requirements that are indispensible for further study and amounting to 22 ECTS, i.e., the following study subjects: Law Enforcement Powers of Social Control Institutions, Theories of Policing, Criminal Investigation 1.

Additional Requirements

Minimal degree required: Bachelor's degree
Minimal amount of work experience Not specified

Accreditation

The study programme has been accredited by the State regulated accreditational body in the Republic of Slovenia.


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