Master's Degree in Forensic Profiles of Criminal Dangerousness

Basic Information

What knowledge will I acquire with this Master?

The aim is to determine for each offender the mechanisms that will lead him to cease his criminal activity, investigating the conditions in which it can be presumed that he will cease to be dangerous and his possibility of social adaptation.

Is this degree official according to the regulations required by the European Higher Education Area?

Yes (final verification report is attached), starting the first course in the academic year 2014-15.

Final verification report turned out FAVORABLE

Is it necessary to pass an access test?

It is not necessary.

What is the minimum number of credits for which I can enroll?

You can see it in the rules of permanence in this link

Recommended income profile

Students who have possession of an official Spanish university degree or another issued by a higher education institution of the European Higher Education Area that authorizes access to Master's degrees in the country that issued the degree.

Objectives

Due to the social and criminal policy interest that the study of what is related to crime, delinquency and deviant behavior supposes for criminologists and other scholars of the subject in general, as well as particularly for the Administration of Justice, Penitentiary Institutions, Forces and Security Forces, experts and human resources personnel, and given the lack of academic, scientific and methodological tools, the proposed master's degree offers the necessary training for the study of the factors that allow the construction of a hazard profile through the contribution of scientific and methodological technique to be used, as well as its instrumentalization.

Competences

Generic Competences:

CG01 The acquisition of advanced knowledge and skills for the preparation of forensic profiles of criminal danger
CG02 The learning of forensic techniques for the definition of the characters that make up the profile of an offender in such a way that it is possible to anticipate his behavior
CG03 Develop skills for autonomous work

Specific Competences:

CE01 Learning of applied knowledge for the understanding and analysis of the profile of criminal danger
CE02 Acquisition of practical knowledge and technical-scientific skills for the detection of potential security risks and their prevention
CE03 Learning of scientific techniques for the elaboration of forensic profiles of criminal dangerousness
CE04 Acquire the use of methodological tools for the comprehensive analysis of the different areas of the personality construct
CE05 Acquisition of knowledge about the methodology and existing tools for the study of human remains and forensic evidence of crime that are sufficient for the preparation of profiles of criminal danger
CE06 Acquisition of the knowledge that the field of Psychiatry contributes to the understanding of the criminal act that is sufficient for the elaboration of profiles of criminal dangerousness
CE07 Knowledge of the techniques for analyzing the testimony of perpetrators and victims
CE08 Acquire advanced knowledge of the methodology and existing tools for the study of the instruments, techniques and methods that serve the criminal act
CE09 Acquire advanced knowledge of the methodology and existing tools for the study of the crime scene and the preparation of expertise
CE10 Adoption of the skills and advanced methodological tools necessary for the investigation of facts, their analysis and the elaboration of results
CE11 Development of the advanced skills necessary for correct communication in problematic situations related to criminal acts
CE12 Acquisition of advanced and practical knowledge for presenting evidence in court
CE13 Learning of the practical professional aspects of the legal framework of criminal investigation in light of the latest legal and technological developments
CE14 Advanced training for respect for fundamental rights in the development of criminal investigation, mainly within the framework of new technologies

Admission and enrollment

Admission:

The requirements for access to the proposed title are according to article 18, of Royal Decree 822/2021, of September 28:

Possession of an official Spanish Graduate or Graduate university degree or equivalent is a condition for accessing a Master's Degree, or, where appropriate, having another University Master's degree, or titles of the same level as the Spanish Bachelor's or Master's degree issued by universities and higher education institutions in an EHEA country that in that country allow access to Master's degrees.
In the same way, people in possession of titles from educational systems that are not part of the EHEA, which are equivalent to a Bachelor's degree, will be able to access a Master's Degree in the Spanish university system, without the need for homologation of the title, but verification by of the university of the level of training that they imply, as long as in the country where said title was issued it allows access to university postgraduate level studies. In no case will access through this route imply the homologation of the previous degree held by the person concerned or its recognition for other purposes than that of carrying out the Master's degree.

Recommended requirements:

The preferential access profile to the Master is the one that corresponds to students interested in the phenomenon of the criminal act, its understanding and prevention from the perspective of its author through the elaboration of criminal dangerousness profiles.
Therefore, the ideal profile of the new student corresponds to:

Bachelors and Graduates in Criminology
Graduates and Graduates in Criminology and Security
Students from other degrees or official titles that include Criminology and Security subjects in their curriculum
Criminologists
Members of the Security Forces and Bodies
Members of the Armed Forces
Psychologists
Psychiatrists
Physicians
Sociologists
Members of the Judiciary
Members of the Prosecutor's Office
Lawyers
Directors of private security in public and private entities

The selection of applicants will correspond to the Head of the Master, based on criteria of professional experience, academic record and motivation. To this end, applicants must submit a complete CV. Where appropriate, the Head of the Master will call them for a personal interview.

In general, applications for admission will be ordered according to the average grade of the university record corresponding to the studies that give access to the master's degree. The average grade will be calculated with an expression of two decimals.

For the assessment of the students' curriculum, the following criteria will be applied:

Valuation criteria	maximum number of points
Academic record in the access degree	60
Specific training (except the access qualification)	10
Professional experience in the field of knowledge of the master's degree	10
Teaching and research experience	5
Adaptation of the candidate's profile to the objectives and contents of the program	5
Knowledge of languages accredited by official bodies	5
Other merits (specific merits can be specified or assessed globally)	5
Total	100

Offer of places: 30 places. If the minimum number of students expected in a course is not reached, the University may choose not to open the teaching group.

See admission and enrollment

Training itinerary

Master's Teaching Guides

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Training Itinerary

Custom code	Subject	Number of ECTS	Semester	Type
Module I: Forensic Sciences
621001	Advanced profiles of criminal danger	6	1 º	Mandatory
621002	Forensic anthropology and medical-legal identification	6	1 º	Mandatory
621003	Forensic pathology and toxicology	6	1 º	Mandatory
621004	Forensic psychiatry and psychology of testimony	6	1 º	Mandatory
Module 2: Research
621005	Research techniques I: graphics, documentoscopy, ballistics, lofoscopy	6	1 º	Mandatory
621006	Investigation techniques II: evaluation of damages, fires and other disasters, the expert report	6	2 º	Mandatory
Module 3: Information Management
621007	Research methodology and presentation of results	6	2 º	Mandatory
Module 4: Legal Criminology
621008	Legal-institutional aspects of criminal investigation	6	2 º	Mandatory
Module 5: TFM
621009	Master's thesis	12	2 º	Mandatory

Material resources

External Internships

This master's degree does not plan to carry out External Internships

Mobility programs

University Master's degrees, due to their duration and characteristics, in general do not specifically contemplate the mobility of their students. However, the Rey Juan Carlos University has different mobility programs for both students and University workers (PDI and PAS) and has procedures for collecting and analyzing information on these mobility programs.

URJC Mobility

Regulation

STUDENTS

COEXISTENCE REGIME

Coexistence Regulations of the Rey Juan Carlos University for the Development of Law 3/2022, of February 24, on University Coexistence, approved by Agreement of March 30, 2023, of the Governing Council of the University

SCHOOL INSURANCE

School Insurance

ASSOCIATIONS

Regulation student associations

Quality guarantee

RUCT link

BOCM Link

Internal quality assurance system

Manual of the Internal Quality Assurance System

Composition of the commission

Results report

Once the monitoring of the Master's Degree has been carried out, the most relevant quantitative information on the results obtained in the monitoring of said Degree is displayed, differentiated by academic year.

General information collection plan

Within the quality assurance system of the Rey Juan Carlos University, the following surveys are planned:

- Student profile

- Teacher evaluation

- Degree of satisfaction:

Of the students
of the graduates
From the Faculty
Administration and Services Staff

- Labor insertion

- External internships:

Satisfaction of interns
External tutor satisfaction
Employer satisfaction

Survey results:

Improvement actions

The Quality Assurance System of the Rey Juan Carlos University establishes that the degree's Quality Assurance Commission will annually analyze the information derived from the degree's indicators and prepare a report that will include improvement plans if the results so indicate.

Improvement actions 2015 / 2016

Renewal of accreditation

The renewal of the accreditation represents the culmination of the implementation process of the official Bachelor's and Master's degrees registered in the Register of Universities, Centers and Degrees (RUCT). The renewal of the accreditation of official bachelor's and master's degrees is organized in three phases: self-assessment report, external visit and final assessment.

In the first phase, the university describes and assesses the status of the degree with respect to the established criteria and guidelines. The result is the Self-Assessment Report (IA) that is presented. The second and third phases are carried out by a group of evaluators external to the evaluated title.”