Criminal Law and Criminology Basics

Substantive criminal law:

• fundamental principles of substantive criminal law;
• the general notion of a criminal offence and its elements;
• selected institutions of substantive criminal law;
• criminal liability - imputability, guilt;
• sentencing: selecting criminal sanctions;

Criminal Procedure:

• fundamental principles of criminal procedural law;
• participants of criminal proceedings
• phases of criminal proceedings: pre-trial proceedings, judicial investigation; indictment; pre-trial hearing; main hearing, appellate procedure; extraordinary legal remedies;

Criminology:

• criminological theories: classic criminology, biological positivism, psychological theories, sociological theories, strain theories, theories of social control, other theoretical approaches in criminology;
• the problem of the social margine; distribution of social power and punishment;
• public opinion and punishment;
• domestic violence,
• peer violence,
• treatment of juvenile offenders
• duty to report criminal offences