Investigation Techniques
Code: 106679 ECTS Credits: 6| Degree | Type | Year | Semester |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2502501 Prevention and Integral Safety and Security | OB | 3 | 2 |
Contact
- Name:
- Cesar Torrero Fernandez
- Email:
- cesar.torrero@uab.cat
Teaching groups languages
To check the language/s of instruction, you must click on "Methodolody" section of the course guide.
Teachers
- Montserrat Iglesias Lucia
Prerequisites
This subject does not have any pre-requirements
Objectives and Contextualisation
The objective of the subject is to provide the student with the basic knowledge of the figure of the private Detective and the functioning of the judicial police. (Regulation, competencies, administrative organization, areas of action and performance of its functions)
Competences
- Act with ethical responsibility and respect for fundamental rights and duties, diversity and democratic values.
- Be able to adapt to unexpected situations.
- Carry out analyses of preventative measures in the area of security.
- Generate innovative and competitive proposals in research and in professional activity developing curiosity and creativity.
- Have a general understanding of basic knowledge in the area of prevention and integral safety and security.
- Identify the resources necessary to respond to management needs for prevention and integral security.
- Identify, manage and resolve conflicts.
- Know how to communicate and transmit ideas and result efficiently in a professional and non-expert environment, both orally and in writing.
- Make changes to methods and processes in the area of knowledge in order to provide innovative responses to society's needs and demands.
- Make efficient use of ITC in the communication and transmission of results.
- Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
- Show respect for diversity and the plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- Take sex- or gender-based inequalities into consideration when operating within one's own area of knowledge.
- Use the capacity for analysis and synthesis to solve problems.
- Work in institutional and interprofessional networks.
Learning Outcomes
- Analyse the preventative interventions in matters of security, environment, quality and social corporate responsibility and identify the inherent risk factors.
- Analyse the sex- or gender-based inequalities and the gender biases present in one's own area of knowledge.
- Analyse the situation and identify the points that are best.
- Be able to adapt to unexpected situations.
- Critically analyse the principles, values and procedures that govern professional practice.
- Draw up management proposals for prevention and security in an organisation.
- Evaluate how gender stereotypes and roles affect professional practice.
- Generate innovative and competitive proposals in research and in professional activity developing curiosity and creativity.
- Identify the infrastructure, technology and resources necessary to respond to operations in prevention and integral security.
- Identify the resources necessary for managing security, the environment, quality and social corporate responsibility.
- Identify, manage and resolve conflicts.
- Know how to communicate and transmit ideas and result efficiently in a professional and non-expert environment, both orally and in writing.
- Make efficient use of ITC in the communication and transmission of results.
- Propose new methods or well-founded alternative solutions.
- Respond to problems applying knowledge to practice.
- Show respect for diversity and the plurality of ideas, people and situations.
- Students must be capable of applying their knowledge to their work or vocation in a professional way and they should have building arguments and problem resolution skills within their area of study.
- Students must be capable of collecting and interpreting relevant data (usually within their area of study) in order to make statements that reflect social, scientific or ethical relevant issues.
- Students must be capable of communicating information, ideas, problems and solutions to both specialised and non-specialised audiences.
- Students must develop the necessary learning skills to undertake further training with a high degree of autonomy.
- Students must have and understand knowledge of an area of study built on the basis of general secondary education, and while it relies on some advanced textbooks it also includes some aspects coming from the forefront of its field of study.
- Use the capacity for analysis and synthesis to solve problems.
- Weigh up the risks and benefits of both your own proposals for improvement and those of others.
- Work in institutional and interprofessional networks.
Content
Research techniques oriented to Private Investigation
1.-Legal framework - Limits - Penal system.
2.-Concept - Methodology and sources of information.
3.-Typology of economic-mercantile, labor, family investigations, L.A.O.
4.-Services investigation in events and public establishments.
5.-Investigation of crimes at the request of an interested part.
Research techniques oriented to the interview
1.-Introduction
2.-The interview
3.-Collection of data of interest
4.-The lie
Public Police Investigation
.-Public Police Investigation professionals will take part in this part.
Methodology
Teaching language: Spanish.
Some of the classes may be in Catalan.
The subject is divided into three blocks. The first block will explain the principles of private research, in the second block three experts in public research explain the main functions of the forces and security bodies in the field of public research and, at the same time we have the third block where we will deal in depth the interview as a research technique both public, private and in the field of occupational risk prevention.
In each of the blocks the teachers will expose the theoretical part and promote the debate on the proposed topics.
At the same time the students will have to elaborate the work of the subject. The information on the work will be made available to the students through Moodle.
Tutoring with teachers will be specify by email.
Annotation: Within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.
Activities
| Title | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type: Directed | |||
| Evaluation | 4 | 0.16 | 4, 5, 2, 3, 12, 15, 6, 1, 13, 8, 10, 9, 11, 23, 14, 21, 20, 19, 17, 18, 16, 24, 22, 7 |
| Theoretical and practice classes with the active participation of students | 40 | 1.6 | 4, 5, 2, 3, 12, 15, 6, 1, 13, 8, 10, 9, 11, 23, 14, 21, 20, 19, 17, 18, 16, 24, 22, 7 |
| Type: Supervised | |||
| Tutorials to support the realization of practical and theoretical work | 12 | 0.48 | 4, 12, 15, 13, 8, 11, 21, 20, 19, 17, 18, 16, 24, 22 |
| Type: Autonomous | |||
| Personal study, reading of articles and elaboration of academic works of the subject | 94 | 3.76 | 4, 5, 2, 3, 12, 15, 6, 1, 13, 8, 10, 9, 11, 23, 14, 21, 20, 19, 17, 18, 16, 24, 22, 7 |
Assessment
Continuous evaluation
The evaluation system will consist of the elaboration and delivery of a paper on private and / or public research (50%) and the completion of two tests:
First test
Contents in private investigation (20%).
Second test
Contents in public investigation and interview (30%).
The work of the subject must have a grade of 4 to be added to the continuous assessment. Each test must have a grade of at least 3.5 to be added to the continuous evaluation.
The grade to pass the continuous evaluation will be the result of the sum of the two tests and the work of the subject, as long as the minimum required grades are obtained. To pass the continuous evaluation this average must be 5 or higher.
Single Evaluation
Students who opt for the single evaluation will take a final synthesis test of all the content of the course (50%) and will hand in the work of the course (50%).
The date for this test and the delivery of the work of the subject will be the same scheduled in the timetable for the last exam of continuous evaluation.
The same recovery system will be applied as for the continuous evaluation.
Evaluation of the students in second or more summons
Students who repeat the course must take the scheduled tests and exams and hand in the course work on the dates indicated in the Moodle classroom.
Recovery Exam
The student who does not pass the course, who does not reach 5 (total) out of 10, according to the criteria established in the two previous sections may take a final exam if he/she has been evaluated in a set of activities that is equivalent to a minimum of two thirds of the total grade of the course. If he/she has not been evaluated in these two thirds because he/she has not taken the tests or handed in the work, he/she will obtain a grade of Not Evaluable accordingto the EPSI Evaluation Regulations, without the possibility of taking the final exam.
In this exam, all the contents of the course that have not been passed in the continuous evaluation will be re-evaluated.
In the case of passing the final exam the subject and/or the delivery of the work, will be approved with a maximum of 5, regardless of the grade obtained in the exam.
Changing the date of a test or exam
Students who need to change an evaluation date must submit the request by filling out the document found in the EPSI Tutoring Moodle space.
Once the document has been filled in, it must be sent to the subject teacher and to the Grade Coordination.
Revision
At the time of each evaluation activity, the faculty will inform the students of the grade review mechanisms.
For single evaluation students, the review process will be the same.
Consult the EPSI Evaluation Regulations.
Other considerations - Plagiarism
Without prejudice to other disciplinary measures deemed appropriate, and in accordance with current academic regulations, "in the event that the student performs any irregularity that may lead to a significant variation in the grade of an act of evaluation, this act of evaluation will be graded with a 0, regardless of the disciplinary process that may be instigated. if several irregularities occur in the acts of evaluation of the same subject, the final grade of this subject will be 0 ".
If during the correction there are indications that an activity or work has been done with answers assisted by artificial intelligence, the teacher may supplement the activity with a personal interview to corroborate the authorship of the text.
If there are unforeseen circumstances that prevent the normal development of the course, the teacher may modify both the methodology and the evaluation of the course.
Assessment Activities
| Title | Weighting | Hours | ECTS | Learning Outcomes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Partial exam(s) and Final exam of continuous evaluation | 50% | 0 | 0 | 4, 12, 15, 13, 8, 11, 21, 20, 19, 17, 18, 16, 24, 22 |
| Preparation and delivery of academic papers on the topics covered in the subject | 50% | 0 | 0 | 4, 5, 2, 3, 12, 15, 6, 1, 13, 8, 10, 9, 11, 23, 14, 21, 20, 19, 17, 18, 16, 24, 22, 7 |
Bibliography
Software
This subject will use the basic software of the Office 365 package