CEPOL Research & Science Conference 2022 MRU, Vilnius

Mindaugas Bilius

Assoc. Prof., Dr., Faculty of Law, Vytautas Magnus University. Research interests: criminal procedure, pre-trial investigation, police law, private detective activities. Contacts: Vytautas Magnus University, Jonavos str. 66, LT-44191 Kaunas, e-mail mindaugas.bilius@vdu.lt


Sessions

06-09
14:30
10min
Whether Traditional Didactic Tools Are Appropriate for Methodics of Modern Crime Investigation?
Zaneta Navickienė, Mindaugas Bilius

In the modern world of innovation and technology, the teaching/learning environment is becoming more modern, new didactic tools are being introduced, and the teacher-learner relationship based on equivalence is being revisited. At the same time, teaching methods are also being reconsidered. However, it is still debatable whether classical didactic teaching tools and formats are still relevant in this era of digitalization, when electronic space has become an integral part of everyday learning, and virtualized and algorithmized teaching solutions are gaining momentum.
The aim of the research is to assess whether conceptualized traditional didactic tools are appropriate for the investigation of modern crimes.
The results of the research showed that in a changing dynamic environment, where new offenses are being criminalized, the parameters of criminal offenses themselves and their assessment are changing, the divide between criminal and administrative liability is being re-evaluated, and the advancing ways of committing crimes are being considered. Therefore, the development and revision of criminalistic methodics for the investigation of certain types of criminal offences as a conceptualized format for classical teaching is a continuous process in response to the cardinal dynamism of the environment, requiring the integration/addition of up-to-date techniques and tools of investigation. The modeling of the topicalities of the investigation of one of the modern types of crimes in the light of the classical criminalistic methodics revealed that traditional didactic tools are appropriate for the investigation of modern crimes. However, when developing, reviewing, and updating criminalistic methodics, it is necessary to identify those elements of the content of the methodics that are relevant to the investigation of specific modern criminal offences taking into account the conditions of that time, new crime patterns, innovations applied in investigation, and other issues related to investigation.

• Training and education of law enforcement officials IN and FOR the Digital Age
Panel Room II - II-232