On Some Teaching Aspects of the Academic Discipline “Fundamentals of Criminology” During the Implementation of Basic Vocational Training (Occupational Development) Programs for the Employees of Internal Affairs Agencies Newly Employed to the Internal Affairs Agencies of the Russian Federation as the Policemen in the Educational Organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia

The article analyzes the features of teaching the academic discipline “Fundamentals of Criminology” during the implementation of basic vocational training (occupational development) programs for the employees newly employed to the internal affairs agencies of the Russian Federation as the policemen in the educational organizations of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia. The author comes to the conclusion that with due regard to the limited period of time allocated by the relevant programs for this academic discipline, the lecturers and teachers face the specific tasks in adapting tutorial materials to the student population, isolating critically important data from the academic course of forensic science that can become the basis for the students to obtain basic forensic knowledge, techniques and relevant practical skills. In the author’s opinion, this problem can be solved by the specific approaches to arranging the lecture- and seminar-type sessions and students’ independent work. It is concluded that the increasingly stringent requirements for employees of the internal affairs agencies force to use the balance training technologies in the educational process when implementing the vocational training (occupational development) programs for the specialists who have (among other things) the necessary forensic skills and abilities, competently integrated into their daily work activities. A special role in solving this problem belongs to the practice-oriented forms of training sessions, application of active and interactive academic methods. The article summarizes the educational experience in relation to the academic discipline “Fundamentals of Criminology” at the Department for Special Technical Training of the North Caucasus Institute for Advanced Training (branch) of the Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia.