The aim of this specialization is to provide students with interdisciplinary knowledge of current forensic science findings and methods for investigating, solving and preventing criminal acts.
The focus of this specialization is therefore on criminalistics and forensic sciences as practice-relevant, integrated components of interdisciplinary criminal sciences.
The specialization closes a gap in the training of future lawyers by covering the practical challenges faced by law enforcement agencies involved in investigative proceedings and incorporating legal as well as criminalistic and forensic instruments.
The specialization builds the necessary bridges between the non-legal and legal disciplines relevant to criminal prosecution, imparts in-depth knowledge of the legal foundations in the context of criminal justice and provides students with the tools to successfully and dynamically master the challenges of modern criminal justice.
Courses offered
| Course | Course type | ECTS | KStd |
| History of Criminology - The Genesis of Scientifically Based Crime Fighting | VU | 1,5 | 1 |
| The practice of the investigation procedure | SE | 5 | 2 |
| Interdisciplinary criminal proceedings - Criminology meets criminal (procedural) law | PR | 3 | 2 |
| Introduction to Forensic Psychology | VU | 3 | 2 |
| Forensic Criminology | PR | 3 | 2 |
| Introduction to forensics - Crime scene work in theory and practice | PR | 1,5 | 1 |
| Introduction to forensic medicine | VU | 1,5 | 1 |
| Special methods in criminalistics WS 23: Introduction to Forensic Linguistics SS 24: Script comparison and document examination | PR | 3 | 2 |
