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Investigation of Selected Crimes and Transgressions - FOR1502

Under Graduate Degree Semester module NQF level: 5 Credits: 12
Module presented in English Module presented online
Co-requisite: FOR1501
Purpose: The purpose of this module is for students to gain a general understanding regarding the investigation of selected crimes and transgressions, specifically those that occur in a corporate environment. These are absenteeism, nepotism, racism and the misuse of company property as examples of transgressions of company policy. The crimes of theft, perjury and/or defeating or obstructing the course of justice, harassment or sexual harassment, intimidation and malicious damage to property as examples of criminal offences. The investigations are conducted within the ambit of the South African criminal justice system. This module is focused on practical investigative work and not the forensic laboratory scientist. This module will use as lens the philosophical approach of Ubuntu as fundamental to ensuring that the principles of social responsibility, graduateness, human rights, anti-corruption, humanizing the law and Africanisation are enthused in the learning material and assessment practices.