Criminal law (5cr)

Code: LT00DT79-3010

General information

Enrollment: 10.11.2025 - 21.11.2025; Registration for introductions has not started yet.

Timing: 12.01.2026 - 31.05.2026; The implementation has not yet started.

Number of ECTS credits allocated: 5 cr

Local portion: 5 cr

Mode of delivery: Contact learning

Unit: Department of Business

Campus: Kouvola Campus

Teaching languages: Finnish

Seats: 20 - 40

Degree programmes: Degree Programme in Business Management

Teachers: Mirka Loponen

Teacher in charge: Mirka Loponen

Groups: LTKV24KM1
Business, part-time studies; LTKV24SP1
Business, full-time studies

Course: LT00DT79

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Objective

You are able to explain what criminal liability is.
You are able to list and explain penalties and other consequences for criminal acts.
You are able to identify the essential elements of the most common criminal acts.
You are able to explain how a penalty is imposed.
You are able to describe legal proceedings in criminal matters.

Content

How is penal liability determined?
What penalties for criminal acts are there in Finland?
What are the essential elements of the most common criminal acts?
How is a penalty determined?
What is the procedure of investigation and posing of penalties?

Evaluation

Students can
a. use professional vocabulary systematically.
b. look for information in the key information sources of the field.
g. justify their actions according to the ethical principles of the professional field.

Course material

Esitutkintalaki

Laki oikeudenkäynnistä rikosasioissa

Rikoslaki

laki rikosuhrimaksusta

laki sakon täytäntöönpanosta
laki sakon ja rikesakon määräämisestä
laki nuoren rikoksesta epäillyn tilanteen selvittämisestä
pakkokeinolaki

Lappi-Seppälä 2002 Rikosoikeus

Study forms and methods

Kurssin toimintaympäristönä Learn- alusta. Kurssi toteutetaan Learn- alustan tehtävillä sekä lähiopetuksena.

RDI and work-related cooperation

Käymme kurssilla seuraamassa käräjäoikeuden käsittelyn rikosasiassa oppituntien aikana.

Timing of exams and assignments

Kaikille pakollinen lopputehtävä kurssin lopussa.

Student workload

Yksi opintopiste vastaa noin 27 tuntia eli yhteensä 135 tuntia.

Evaluation scale

1-5

Assessment methods and criteria

1-5