Police and justice sector as a professional environment (5cr)
Course unit code: SUY0605A19H
General information
- Credits
- 5 cr
- Teaching language
- Finnish
Objective
Students will be able to
- describe the key principles, structures and processes of the Finnish justice system
- describe the functions and tasks of Finnish police, customs and border authorities and their role in the justice system
- categorise and compare the actors, structures and processes of the sector in the countries of their working languages
- use key concepts of the police and justice sector and describe the criminal justice, civil justice and petitionary matters and related concepts
- use relevant legal sources and search for information
- identify the interpreting situations of the police and justice sector and understand the related challenges
Content
- key principles, structures and processes of the Finnish justice system
- functions and tasks of police, customs and border authorities and their role in the justice system
- actors, structures and processes in the countries of the working languages
- key concepts of police and court interpreting and key legal sources
- criminal justice, civil justice and petitionary matters