UMH - PRIVATE DETECTIVE ADVANCED UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA. EDITION VI

PRIVATE DETECTIVE ADVANCED UNIVERSITY DIPLOMA. EDITION VI

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Program information

+34 966658380

secretaria(arroba)crimina.es

http://www.crimina.es/

Place: ONLINE

Promoting unit: Crímina Research Center of Elche for the Study and Prevention of Crime

Field of knowledge: Social and Legal Sciences

Courses

Registration: 01/09/19 a 31/12/19

Duration: 15/10/19 a 30/09/20

ECTS credits: 180

Description

Academic goals

Law 23/1992, of 30 July, on Private Security and its Regulation, approved by Royal Decree 2364/1994, of 9 December, mandate the Ministry for Home Affairs with the specification, among others, of certain aspects related to private security personnel in terms of training, authorization, documentation, uniformity, means of defense, and the exercise of their functions.

As part of its legislative process, Order INT/318/2011, of 1 February, on permanent private security personal, establishes in Article 5 that for the purpose of authorization to exercise the profession of private detective, candidates must possess the diploma of private detective recognized for such purpose by the Ministry for Home Affairs. The Order also states that the training for acquiring the diploma of private detective is to be planned and given by institutes of criminology or other suitable official centers that are authorized by the Ministry of Education. Such training must include, in any case, the subject matter that is determined by the Ministry for Home Affairs, consist of at least 1800 hours of instruction, and be given over at least three academic years. The order, contents, modality, form, and timetable for the subject matter over the three academic years are to be determined by the institutes or official centers in the program presented for the purpose of authorization, as the case may be. The specific diploma of private detective that is recognized in the planned authorization must be issued, in all cases, by the aforementioned and authorized institutes or official centers.

Deriving from all of this, the Resolution of 12 November 2012 by the Secretariat of State for Security, from which the training programs for private security personnel are determined, establishes the subject matter that must make up the programs in the training courses that enable aspiring private detectives to acquire the corresponding diploma.

The teaching proposal that is presented, already adapted in this manner to the recent aforementioned provision, is delivered with an online format. Its novel virtual teaching platform facilitates, on the one hand, continuous accessibility of students with the faculty and, on the other, given that this education is directed toward people who are for the most part active professionally, the possibility of being completed from far away locations. In this manner, students may continue receiving training for their professional careers no matter wherever they are.

The three-year structure consists in the following:
As the program progresses, students gain access to the material from each course. In addition, online debate and discussion forums proposed by its instructors are held, and personalized tutorials are organized for each course and instructor so students can resolve doubts that arise. A chat system also permits direct instructor-student interaction, wherein students can remain in permanent contact with their instructors to resolve problems, make consultations, and present proposals for completing assignments, etc.

The professional activity of private detectives is included among the activities of private security that are regulated by Law 23/1992, of 30 July, on Private Security, and its development regulations, approved by Royal Decree 2364/1994, of 9 December. These define its scope of action and its functions, which are "acquiring and providing information and evidence on private behavior and acts, investigating prosecutable offenses only at the request of the legitimate interested party in the criminal process, and surveillance at fairs, hotels, exhibitions, and areas similar." Thus, the need for quality academic training in areas whose professional activity is so demanding is evident.

In other words, this entails using the latest educational technology in graduate-level training so the university can contribute to the professional practice of private detectives in a manner that is adapted to the special technical and social characteristics it requires, as well as its constitutional, legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements.

Coordinator

Director:

MIRO LLINARES, FERNANDO

Administrative:

GONZALEZ GRAS, LAURA

Objectives

The general objectives that the proposed training should achieve include:
- Enable the student to perform in the profession effectively, meeting an ever increasing societal need for properly trained professionals in the techniques of private investigation.
- Earn the diploma required by the Ministry for Home Affairs to work professionally as a private detective.

In order to achieve these, the professional training's specific objectives include the following:
- Be capable of analyzing the functions, technical responsibilities, and the organization of the services of the private detective.
- Understand the business management techniques and know how to devise and direct a service of private investigation.
- Collaborate with security forces and corps on matters of private investigation.
- Be aware of the existing technical means and their applications.
- Be knowledgeable about current legislation on matters of private security and the code of ethics of its professional practice.
- Understand the branches of law necessary for carrying out professional activities.
- Understand how to manage documentation and information in order to comply with administrative requirements.
- Analyze criminological, sociological, and behavioral aspects and the main psychological principles that prevail in individual and collective behavior among society.

Curriculum

Educational structure

First year (600 hours):
- Criminal Law I (required, 60 hours)
- Criminology I (required, 60 hours)
- Constitutional Law (required, 60 hours)
- Police Organization (required, 60 hours)
- Administrative Law (required, 30 hours)
- Traffic and Mobility (required, 60 hours)
- Psychology of Organizations (required, 30 hours)
- Criminal Law II (required, 60 hours)
- Applied Psychology (required, 30 hours)
- Police Intervention and Protection of Persons (required, 30 hours)
- Social Psychology (required, 60 hours)
- School Violence (required, 30 hours)
- Legal and Criminological Aspects of Terrorism (required, 30 hours)

Second year (600 hours):
- Sociology (required, 30 hours)
- Criminal Procedural Law (required, 30 hours)
- Administrative Police (required, 30 hours)
- Criminal Research Methodology (required, 30 hours)
- Field Criminalistics (required, 30 hours)
- Criminalistics (required, 30 hours)
- Documentoscopy (required, 30 hours)
- Crime Laboratory (required, 30 hours)
- Immigration (required, 30 hours)
- Forensic Medicine (required, 60 hours)
- Criminology II (required, 60 hours)
- Criminal Policy (required, 60 hours)
- Penology and Penitentiary Law (required, 60 hours)
- Accident Investigation (required, 30 hours)
- Juvenile Delinquency (required, 30 hours)
- Licensing and Inspection Police (required, 30 hours)

Third year (600 hours):
- Civil Law and Civil Procedural Law (30 hours)
- Fire Investigation and Explosives (30 hours)
- Fundamental Rights (30 hours)
- Private Detective Ethics (30 hours)
- Private Detective Office Management (30 hours)
- Computer Forensics (30 hours)
- Surveillance and Monitoring (30 hours)
- Labor Law (30 hours)
- Forensic Linguistics (30 hours)
- Economic Crime (60 hours)
- Private Security Regulations (30 hours)
- Commercial Law (30 hours)
- Cybercrime (30 hours)
- Transmissions (30 hours)
- National Police (30 hours)
- Private Investigation Practice (30 hours)
- Criminology and the Crime Scene (60 hours)
- Basic Psychology (30 hours)

Facilities and schedule

This program is given via the http://campusvirtual.crimina.es/ Crímina Center online platform.

Grading procedure

The level that the theoretical knowledge has been attained in each course is assessed by both multiple choice exams and achievement tests taken in person. Likewise, lab credits are earned by carrying out case studies and/or directed work, presented via the virtual teaching platform that the instructional sessions are given on, hosted at http://secip.umh.es.

Faculty

Name	Coordinator
MIRO LLINARES, FERNANDO	■
BELLÉS SOSTROT, AGUSTÍN
BERNABEU AYELA, FRANCISCO JOSE
BERNABÉU AYELA, JOSÉ RAMÓN
BIA PLATAS, ALEJANDRO
BONETE LOPEZ, BEATRIZ
CALVACHE SÁNCHEZ, MANUEL
CONEJOS CUBEL, JAVIER
CORRALES PONCE DE LEON, JOSE ANTONIO
DE DOMINGO PEREZ, TOMAS
DE ROJAS MARTINEZ-PARETS, FERNANDO
DIEZ ROS, TERESA
ESPIGARES HUETE, JOSÉ CARLOS
ESPINOSA BERNAL, JOSE ANTONIO
ESTEVE BAÑON, ZORAIDA
FERNANDEZ CASTEJON, ELENA BEATRIZ
FUENTES SORIANO, OLGA
GARCÍA GONZÁLEZ, JUAN CARLOS
GAVALDÁ FERRER, NURIA
GOMEZ BELLVIS, ANA BELEN
LLORENS COBOS, FERNANDO
LOMBARTE LONDRES, LUIS ANTONIO
LÓPEZ SÁNCHEZ, CRISTINA
MAGRO SERVET, VICENTE
MARTÍN JARABO, ANTONIO
MARZO CAMPOS, JUAN CARLOS
MEDINA SARMIENTO, JOSE EUGENIO
MURIAS LOPEZ, CARLOS
NAVARRO PÉREZ , JUAN PEDRO
NEIPP LOPEZ, MARIA DEL CARMEN
QUERALT ESTEVEZ, SHEILA
RODES LLORET, FERNANDO
RUIZ CALLADO, RAÚL
RUIZ OLIVER, MARIA DEL MAR
SIMONS VALLEJO, RAPHAEL RENE
TORTOSA LÓPEZ, FRANCISCO JOSÉ
TRIGUEROS MARTINEZ, CARLOS JAVIER
TUR AUSINA, ROSARIO

Access requirements

To be eligible for program admission, interested candidates must also be eligible for university admission or its equivalent. Furthermore, as stated in the Regulations for Private Security, approved by Royal Decree 2364/1994, interested candidates are eligible provided they possess a unified polyvalent baccalaureate degree, high school diploma, second-degree vocational training, or if they are technicians of the professions or possess the qualifications determined by the Ministry for Home Affairs or others that are equivalent or superior.

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