Dates and facts

History:
In 1977, three departments were formed: theory and history of state and law, civil law and procedure, criminal law and procedure.
The first head of the department of criminal law and procedure was the candidate of legal sciences, associate professor Kurmanov K.Sh., later an outstanding Kyrgyz legal scholar, doctor of legal sciences, professor.
Over the years, the department was headed by Candidate of Law, Associate Professor A.V. Popov, Ph.D., Associate Professor K.K. Kusnidenov, Ph.D., Associate Professor V.I.Kulikov, Ph.D., Associate Professor Izhnina L.P., Ph.D., Associate Professor K. Zh. Baltabaev, Ph.D., Associate professor Mashabaev A.Zh.
Significant changes at the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure took place during the period of the leadership of K.K. Kusnidenov (1981 - 1986): the scientific and methodological base of the department has been developed and improved; many teachers have completed internships and postgraduate studies at the largest universities in the country.
In 1991, the Department of Criminal Law and Procedure was divided into two independent departments: Criminal Law and Criminology, and Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics. The head of the department of criminal law and criminology was appointed candidate of legal sciences, associate professor Baltabaev K.Zh., the head of the department of criminal procedure and criminalistics was candidate of legal sciences, associate professor Kim K.V.
Candidate of legal sciences, associate professor Agybaev A.N., candidate of legal sciences, associate professor Zhunusov B.Zh., candidate of legal sciences, associate professor Dulatbekov N.O., candidate of legal sciences also worked at the department. ., Associate Professor Nurtayev R.T., Ph.D., Associate Professor Popov A.V., Ph.D., Associate Professor Son M.A., Ph.D., Associate Professor Suleimenova G.Zh. , Doctor of Law, Professor Kudryavtseva A.V.
In 2019, the Department of Criminal Law and Criminology and the Department of Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics were merged into the Department of Criminal Law, Procedure and Criminalistics.

Teachers:
Today the department employs 16 teachers, including candidates of legal sciences, masters, holders of the republican title "The best teacher of the university."

Students:
The department specializes 80 people, including holders of a state educational grant, representatives of different regions of Kazakhstan, citizens of Russia, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Israel.

Employment:
The employment rate of graduates is 75%.

Innovative programs:
6В04204  - «Judicial and prosecutorial activities» (bachelor's degree)
7М04207803 - «Forensic and prosecutorial activities» (magistracy)
7М04207804 - «Combating money laundering and financing of terrorism and economic security» (Master's degree).

Double degree programs:
Master's program 7М04207804 - «Combating money laundering and terrorist financing and economic security» совместно с Национальным  in cooperation with the National Research Nuclear University «MEPhI» (Russia).

Dissertation Council:
For the defense of doctoral dissertations in the framework of the program 6D030100 - Jurisprudence.

Accreditation and Leadership:
The programs of the department have national accreditation in IQAA and take worthy positions in national rankings: in 2019 and 2020. First place in the IQAA rating among master's programs; 3rd and 2nd places in the IAAR rating among doctoral programs.

Projects:
Initiative project "Education for Justice" under the auspices of the UN Office on Drugs and Crime in Tashkent, participants of seminars to discuss educational modules, 2019-2020.
Project of the International Network AML / CFT Institute and the International Training and Methodological Center for Financial Monitoring under Rosfinmonitoring, members of the working group, 2014 to the present.
Intra-university grant "Theory and practice of countering the spread of religious extremism among the youth", 2020
Arenova L.K. - Specialist in psychological profiling of criminal behavior, from 2017 to the present.

Partners:
Gumilyov Eurasian National University (Kazakhstan)
Al-Farabi Kazakh National University (Kazakhstan)
Moscow State Law University named after O.E. Kutafin (Russia)
National University "Odessa Maritime Academy" (Ukraine)
Saint Petersburg State University (Russia)
North-West Branch of the Russian State Academy of Justice (Russia).