Course Unit Code | 030-0084/01 |
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Number of ECTS Credits Allocated | 3 ECTS credits |
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Type of Course Unit * | Choice-compulsory |
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Level of Course Unit * | Second Cycle |
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Year of Study * | First Year |
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Semester when the Course Unit is delivered | Winter Semester |
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Mode of Delivery | Face-to-face |
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Language of Instruction | Czech |
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Prerequisites and Co-Requisites | There are no prerequisites or co-requisites for this course unit |
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Name of Lecturer(s) | Personal ID | Name |
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| KRO04 | doc. Ing. Šárka Kročová, Ph.D. |
Summary |
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Students will be familiarized with the historical development of legal expertise and expert activities in the present, including the adaptation of expert activities in the CR, expert fields. The appointment of experts, expert leadership journal, the performance of expert activity. Provisions for filing an expert report, the fullness of documents for submission of the report, technical acceptability of materials. The concept of evidence and the general principles of its security, measurement, report, film and video documentation, sampling, inspection, requirements expert opinion, finding, opinion and concept. System approach and logical matrix engineering in court. Number of probability theory and error probability in the expert assessment, marketing expert opinion in the calculations, using computer programs. Legally engineering comparisons, analysis of events in time and space, Method reverse unwinding happening correspondence damage, method of narrowing limits. |
Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit |
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The objective of the subject is to make the students familiar with the significance of forensic engineering and expert opinions in the conditions of legislative regulations in the Czech Republic. Based on the knowledge acquired at lectures and the study of compulsory and recommended literature, they will obtain sufficient input knowledge for reducing error hazards during the construction of buildings, complexes of buildings and subsequent civil and legal disputes. |
Course Contents |
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1. Introduction, terms, terminology, and their explanation, history of forensic engineering, current expert activities in the Czech Republic.
2. Regulations concerning expert activities in the Czech Republic, www.justice.cz, fields of expert activities and expert appointment.
3. Legal regulations – laws on expert activities from the end of World War II up to now and follow-up regulations.
4. Current versions of acts and regulations concerning expert activities, bill on experts and interpreters, work according to law.
5. Designation of an expert for opinion submission, completeness of documentation for expert opinion submission, technical acceptability of documentation. Term “evidence” and general principles for its securing,
6. Measurement, protocol, film documentation and video-record, sampling, survey, essentials of expert opinion, finding, expert opinion and its concept.
7. Scientific methods in forensic engineering, system approach and logical matrices in forensic engineering. Probability calculus and theory of errors.
8. Probability in expert assessment, presentation of calculations in the expert opinion, application of computer programs.
9. Forensic engineering comparison, time-space analysis of events.
10. Method of retrospective unfolding of events, damage correspondence, method of narrowing of limits.
11. Risk analysis. Determination of building construction damage and defects.
13. Determination of amount of damage caused by fire and natural disaster.
14. Concluding lecture – discussion.
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Recommended or Required Reading |
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Required Reading: |
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Kenneth L. Carper (ed.): Forensic Engineering, Second Edition; Taylor & Francis Group, ISBN-13: 978-0849374845
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Bradáč, A. a kol.: Soudní inženýrství, 2009, Brno, 725 stran, brož., A4, ISBN 80-7204-133-9, |
Recommended Reading: |
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Raddall K. Noon: Forensic Engineering Investigation, ISBN-13: 978-0849309113
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Bradáč, Kledus, Krejčíř: Úvod do soudního znalectví, Učebnice pro soudní znalce, 220 stran, ISBN 80-7204-365-X,
Platné znění zákonů a vyhlášek pro znaleckou činnost, návrh zákona o znalcích a tlumočnících, práce.
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods |
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Lectures, Tutorials |
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Task Title | Task Type | Maximum Number of Points (Act. for Subtasks) | Minimum Number of Points for Task Passing |
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Exercises evaluation and Examination | Credit and Examination | 100 (100) | 51 |
Exercises evaluation | Credit | 30 | 16 |
Examination | Examination | 70 | 35 |