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SUY06MK25DIAK Police and justice sector as a professional environment (5 cr)

Code: SUY0605A19H-3004

General information


Enrollment

23.09.2024 - 13.10.2024

Timing

07.01.2025 - 09.03.2025

Number of ECTS credits allocated

5 op

Virtual portion

2 op

Mode of delivery

60 % Contact teaching, 40 % Distance learning

Campus

Diak joint implementation

Teaching languages

  • Finnish

Seats

0 - 100

Degree programmes

  • BA in Humanities, Community Interpreting

Teachers

  • Mari Vainikka

Groups

  • A53astu

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

Evaluation scale

0-5