Head of the Department - Chuvakov Oleg A.

Dear friends! I am glad to welcome you to the page of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Trial and Criminalistics of the Odessa National University named after I.I. Mechnikova!

The Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Trial and Criminalistics provides direct teaching of educational disciplines of the criminal-law cycle at the Faculty of Economics and Law.

The origins of the department go back to 1865, when the Novorossiysk Imperial University was established (1865) on the basis of the Richelieu Lyceum in Odessa (1817-1865 pp.). The leading place in the structure of the newly established university was occupied by the Department of Criminal Law and Practical Justice, whose students were such famous scientists of that period as A.M. Bohdanovskyi and A.A. Piontkovsky.

Currently, the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Forensics is an advanced and perfect "mechanism" in the effective functioning of both the Economic and Law Faculty and the Odessa National University as a whole. The key to this is the high quality of training of the department's teaching staff and their active activity in the educational, research and expert-consultative spheres of the department's life. Training of students in specialized and fundamental disciplines is carried out, as a rule, according to textbooks and teaching aids prepared by teachers of our department.

The department is always in the fairway of the world development of criminal law science, offering students a real opportunity to "immerse" in the solution of the most relevant and acute problems of modern criminal jurisprudence. The staff of the department conducts colossal work with students, graduate students and applicants, imparting their experience, knowledge and skills to them. And it is not surprising that many pupils of the department become winners of Olympiads and competitions of the city and all-Ukrainian level. The department preserves its traditions, preserves the continuity of generations and is always open to talented young people.

On this site, you will find more detailed information about our department, about the strategic and conceptual directions of its development, you will get the opportunity to familiarize yourself with each member of the department and their achievements.

We sincerely hope that on this resource you will receive comprehensive answers to all questions about the activities of the Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Trial and Criminalistics. The doors of our department are always open for you!

Head of the Department of Criminal Law,

criminal process and criminalistic doctor of legal sciences, professor

Chuvakov Oleg Anatoliyovych

Address: Frantsuzkiy Boulevard, 24/26, Room 46 65058 , Odessa, Ukraine

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The list of the courses  taught includes

• Criminal law, part general
• Criminal law, part special
• Criminal process
• Criminology
• Victimology
• Criminal - executive law
• Criminal - legal protection of the foundations of national security of Ukraine
• Criminalistics
• Forensic medicine and psychiatry
• Problems of criminal procedural law
• Criminal law qualification
• Criminal law of foreign countries
• Actual problems of criminal law and criminology
• Actual problems of criminal procedural law and criminology
• International criminal law and process

Teaching Staff of the Department Includes

• Chuvakov Oleg A.
• Drishliuk Igor A.T
• Pavlova Tatyana A.
• Mikolenko Alyona N.
• Orlovskiy Bogdan M.
• Rodionova Tatyana V.
• Narozhna Olena V.
• Kozeratskaya Yelena S.
• Voznui Denis V.
• Dobrokhod Irina S.

3 secretaries ( or  coordinators)

• Dolgopolova Victoriya Y.
• Kuchanskaya Larisa S.
• Sachaeva Elizaveta O.

Research

Department has been working on three general research areas
From the moment of its foundation  the Department  has constantly conducted productive research work, including joint research with other educational and research institutions of Ukraine and foreign countries. Currently there has been under development the research area № 125100-20 “ Scientific Base for Investigation, Qualification and Prevention of Crimes ( the register number 0106U008401). Besides the Department has worked on issues in the  fields of: history of criminal law of Ukraine; juvenile crime; economic crimes; organized crimes; international crimes; crimes in the field of medicine; international and foreign criminal law; crimes committed by military servants, etc.
As a result of their research professors and teachers of the Department publish individual and collective monographs, textbooks, commentaries for legislation, courses of lectures, manuals, etc.

Since its establishment, the department has constantly carried out productive research work, including joint work with other educational and scientific institutions of Ukraine and foreign countries. Currently, the research direction "Research of the mechanism of criminal legal protection of the person, society and the state against criminal offenses" is being developed. In addition, the department works on issues in the fields of: history of criminal law of Ukraine; juvenile delinquency; economic crimes; organized crime; international crimes; crimes in the field of national security; international and foreign criminal law, etc.

Based on the results of their scientific research, professors and teachers of the department publish individual and collective monographs, textbooks, commentaries on legislation, lecture courses, training manuals, etc.