Organized Criminality

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Criminology

Course Contents

This is an advanced criminal law course focusing on the phenomenon of organized criminality which is hardly defined in the national and international contexts, the characteristics of the criminal organizations, its common and distinct points with similar crimes, the perpetrator, the victim and the legal scope of the crime, the elements of crime (the material element, the element of the contradiction to law and the moral element), its special features, sanctions and procedural provisions considering the jurisprudence of the Court of Cassation.

Weekly Schedule

1) criminal organization
2) the concept of organized criminality in general
3) the crime of establishing or managing an established organization for the purpose of committing a crime
4) the crime of being a member of an organisation established for the purpose of committing a crime
5) committing crimes within the framework of the organization's activities
6) committing crimes by non - members on behalf of the organization or taking advantage of the intimidating power of the organization
7) sanction and effective remorse
8) assisting an organisation set up to commit a crime
9) crimes against the security of the state or the constitutional order and the functioning of this order to establish an organization or to manage the established organization or to become a member of this organization
10) crimes of establishing a terrorist organization or managing an established terrorist organization or becoming a member of that organization
11) the crime of laundering assets arising from the crime
12) crime of financing terrorism
13) general review
14) general review
15) final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

1- Suç örgütleri

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Lecture
3) Question-Answer
4) Question-Answer
5) Discussion
6) Discussion
7) Drill and Practice
8) Drill and Practice
9) Self Study
10) Self Study

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Quiz to Course Grade	40%
Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade	60%
Total	100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required