N_FIOV Forensic identification of persons and things

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/1/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Jiří Straus, DrSc.
Department of Criminology and Forensic Sciences – Departments – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Franců
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
The student can describe the basic methods of providing investigative stop. Understand the essence of research methods; Methods can find and fixation of forensic traces; understand the methods of investigation. He knows the nature of the basic technical methods. It is able to evaluate the quality of traces secured in relation to the identification of persons and goods. Can determine questions for expert examination, well interprets the conclusions of an expert examinationKONRÁD Zdeněk, PORADA Viktor, STRAUS Jiří, SUCHÁNEK Jaroslav. Kriminalistika - Teorie, metodologie a metody kriminalistické techniky. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2008, 520 s., ISBN 978-80-7380-124-3.
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes of the course unit are the student's knowledge acquired at the oral exam.
Syllabus
  • 1. Dactyloscopic identification of persons, holistic and numerical approach 2. Portrait identification of people, portrait composition methods, software methods 3. Examination of handwriting, linguistic analysis of the text, methods of writer identification 4. Forensic biology, molecular genetics, forensic anthropology, forensic entomology 5. Forensic audio expertise, voice analysis, methods of identifying people according to basic sonograms 6. Forensic odorology, new methods of forensic odorology, instrumental odor analysis 7. Microtraces, methods of examining microtraces, methods of examining forensic pyrotechnics 8. Research methods in forensic trasology, Trasoscan 9. Research methods in mechanoscopy, optical and optoelectronic methods 10. Methods of investigation in ballistics, weapon identification, post-shot waste products, wounding effect of a bullet 11. Methods of examining documents and printing techniques, thin-layer chromatography as an examination method 12. New methods of forensic technical documentation, Spheron, laser scanning of the crime scene
Literature
    required literature
  • STRAUS, J., PORADA, V. a kol. Trasologie. 1. vydání. Praha: VŠFS, 2019, 188 s. Edice SCIENCEpress. ISBN 978-80-7408-197-2.
  • STRAUS, J., PORADA, V. a kol. Teorie, metody a metodologie kriminalistiky. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2017, 411 s., ISBN 978-80-7380-666-8.
  • PORADA, V., STRAUS, J. Mechanoskopie. 1. vydání. Praha: VŠFS, 2018, 175 s. Edice SCIENCEpress. ISBN 978-80-7408-177-4.
  • KONRÁD, Z.; PORADA, V.; STRAUS, J.; SUCHÁNEK, J. Kriminalistika. Teorie, metodologie a metody kriminalistické techniky. 2. vyd. Plzeň.: Aleš Čeněk, 2021. ISBN 978-80-7380-869-3.
    recommended literature
  • PLANKA, B. Kriminalistická balistika 2. upravené vydání, Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2022, 704 stran, ISBN 978-80-7380-890-7
  • LEHMERT, Karel a Jiří STRAUS. Forenzní postupy a řízení kvality. Online. První. Praha: Vysoká škola finanční a správní, a.s., 2024, 183 s. SCIENCEpress. ISBN 978-80-7408-275-7.
  • PORADA, V. a kolektiv. Kriminalistika. Technické, forenzní a kybernetické aspekty. 2. vydání, Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2019, 1205 stran, ISBN 978-80-7380-741-2
Teaching methods
Theoretical training, lectures, seminar exercises, seminar work, practical exercises
Assessment methods
The course is completed with verbal exam. Requirement for granting credit - compulsory attendance at seminars (50% KS, 75% PS).Answer one of the 15 topic questions correctly is required to pass the exam.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 16 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2017, Summer 2018, Summer 2019, Summer 2020, Summer 2021, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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