The objectives of the course are to acquaint students with the systematically presented knowledge of criminology, to present and explain the basic concepts and determinants of criminology and victimology, to develop the ability to discuss and think critically about criminological phenomena. The content of the course is divided into three parts that include the following topics: First part: introduction to criminology, subject of criminology, methods of criminology: statistics, self-expression, self-experience, victimization, case study, self-experienced victimization, experiment, observation, criminological profiling, criminal prognostics, definition of criminology, relation of criminology with other criminal sciences Second part: learning about the manifestations of criminal behavior, crimes of violence: murder, sexual crimes, violence between intimate partners, violence against children, robbery, terrorism, hate crimes, other selected crimes of violence, property crime, drug abuse, organized crime, corruption and money laundering, cybercrime, phenomenological peculiarities of certain groups of delinquents: juvenile delinquency, delinquency of persons with mental disorders, delinquency of women, delinquency of the elderly, recidivism Third part: criminological theories on the causes of criminal behavior, introduction to criminological theories, the first criminological discourses, positivist theory, ecological theories, anomie theory, labeling theory, differential association theory, theory of genetic predisposition to criminal behavior, radical criminology, other criminological theories

After completing and passing the course, the student will be able to: Explain and describe the subject and methods of criminology, Categorize and analyze the manifestations of criminal behavior., Present and analyze criminological theories on the causes of criminal behavior, Apply previous knowledge to example analysis, Explain victimological scientific knowledge of selected topics,