Department of Criminalistic Tactics and Methodics

The Department Criminalistic Tactics and Methodics is one of the two departments of the Faculty of Law Enforcement responsible for teaching subjects related to Criminalistics both in bachelor and in master degree programmes (the other department is the Department of Forensic Sciences). The main task of the Department is to teach the students the theoretical basics of Criminalistics, the relevant knowledge needed to conduct criminal investigations and the special techniques and procedures used in solving criminal cases (methods of crime scene investigation, police line-up, cognitive reconstruction, interrogation techniques etc.) The teaching activity of the Department focuses on helping the students to develop the investigative mindset, by introducing them how to formulate investigative hypotheses and how to work with those hypotheses during the investigation. Apart from the theoretical part of Criminalistics, the Department also puts emphasis on the practical skills needed to carry out investigative actions. In the framework of practical classes organised in the special educational rooms at the university campus (e.g. the so-called “Scene House”, a simulated environment consisting of a pub, a bank and a flat; the interrogation room;) the students have the opportunity to practice search of premises, interrogation, police line-up etc. in fictional criminal cases, supervised by the six teachers of the Department, who are all police officers.

Department Chair

Police Colonel Bence Mészáros, PhD, is an associate professor and teacher in criminalistics. His areas of research are the theory of criminalistics, intvestigative interviewing, policing strategies, and using covert intelligence in criminal cases, especially undercover policing. He wrote his PhD thesis on this topic in 2011. He is also a legal expert in criminal procedure law.

Contact Information

Department of Criminalistic Tactics and Methodics

Postal address: 1441 Bp. Pf. 60. (P.O. Box)

Office: 1089 Budapest, Diószegi S. u. 38-42., Ludovika University of Public Service, Law Enforcement Educational Building and Residence Hall, Room Nr. 133.

E-mail: ktat_rtk@uni-nke.hu

Telephone: 00 36 1 432 9000 / 19-332

Head of Department: Police Colonel Bence Mészáros, PhD, associate professor

Secretariat: Márta Körmendi