- Master's Degree in
- Criminalistics with a Focus on Criminal Law
- Degree to be obtained
- Master's Degree in Criminalistics with a Focus on Criminal Law
- Academic degree
- Master's Degree
- Duration
- 2 years
- Modality
- Virtual
- Schedule:
- Daily Afternoon
- Career description
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It is a career with an impact on the training of professionals in medicine, chemistry, engineering, biology, law sciences, among other careers. It specializes in the impact of the handling of evidence in criminal acts, the handling of fingerprints, and training in toxicology. The professional in forensic, or, other areas acquires the general concept of effective handling of the criminal event.
- What will you learn during the program?
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The professional specializes in forensic knowledge, which is useful in the law and forensic field, but it also has an impact on the private sector, since there is a need everywhere for an expert to handle non-daily issues, but which may occur occasionally or with some frequency.
AdmissionProfile
To enter the Mariano Gálvez University of Guatemala, the applicants must meet formal requirements, such as having a undergraduate degreee and all the certificates that accredit it, they have to undergo an interview in which the director of the School and the interested party discuss their perspectives on the career and the scope of it.
1. Photostat of the degree certificate that accredits the bachelor's degree.
2. Show the original degree certificate to corroborate its records and stamps.
3. Two recent passport-size photos, printed on matte paper, without any kind of gloss, not snapshots, with the name and date written on the back.
4. Photocopy of personal identification document or passport for foreigners, and show the original.
5. Payment of registration fee.
Graduate'sProfile
The graduates will have specialized at a higher level in forensic science and will be familiar with the criminal law approach to this science. They will have the ability to manage investigation strategies within the respective legal framework.
They will be able to direct and carry out the logical, critical and constructive analysis of criminal acts in a proactive manner, and will be able to handle the management entrusted to them in a consultancy, advisory or directional manner.
They will have the ability to handle criminalistic situations, specific of the justice sector and of organizations or companies.
Career Opportunities
They will be able to advise, consult, and manage in the field of security and justice, as well as in the prevention and containment of crime and criminal phenomena. They will be able to handle the statistical aspect of criminal offenses and extract the unseen aspects from them aspects by means of critical analysis.
Able to work at the institutional level, in private companies and non-governmental organizations in the above-mentioned areas.
Curriculum
| 1° Ciclo | MANEJO DE UN ESCENARIO CRIMINAL | PENSAMIENTO CRIMINOLÓGICO Y CIENCIAS AFINES |
|---|---|---|
| 2° Ciclo | APORTES DE LAS CIENCIAS FORENSES | ESTUDIO DEL COMPORTAMIENTO CRIMINAL |
| 3° Ciclo | CRIMINALÍSTICA APLICADA | CRIMINOLOGÍA APLICADA |
| 4° Ciclo | ARMAS DE FUEGO SU INCIDENCIA EN LA CRIMINALIDAD | TEORÍA DEL DELITO (ENFOQUE CRIMINOLÓGICO-CRIMINALÍSTICA) |
| 5° Ciclo | DERECHO PENAL Y PROCESAL PENAL (ENFOQUE CRIMINOLÓGICO-CRIMIN | MEDICINA FORENSE |
| 6° Ciclo | DERECHO CONSTITUCIONAL (ENFOQUE CRIMINOLÓGICO-CRIMINALÍSTICA | RELIGIONES, SU RELACIÓN EN LA VIOLENCIA Y TERRORISMO |
| 7° Ciclo | LOFOSCOPÍA, SU APORTE EN INVESTIGACIÓN CRIMINAL | POLÍTICAS DE PREVENCIÓN Y CONTENCIÓN DE LA CRIMINALIDAD |
| 8° Ciclo | INCIDENCIA MEDIÁTICA SOBRE EL SISTEMA JUSTICIA | SISTEMA PENITENCIARIO Y PROCESOS DE REINSERCIÓN SOCIAL |