The department was set up under the Rector`s of Ivan Franko State University of
Lviv order No.158 of February 16, 1999, as the result of criminal law and procedure
department`s division.
The teaching staff of the department provides the training of the following subjects:
criminal law of Ukraine, criminology and criminal executive law. Moreover, the
department provides the special courses training for the maintaining of qualification
level of “Master of Law”.
The leading specialists-criminalists enriched students` knowledge in the department`s
disciplines (subjects) in different years.
In the XIX century Doctor of Law, Dean of the Law Faculty in 1894 – 1895, an
expert in criminal executive law F. Hryzetskyi as well as Ya. Dobryanskyi, Doctor of
Law, a prominent researcher of Austrian criminal law, etc. worked at the department.
In the XX century the following teachers worked at the department:
Yu. Makarevych, Doctor of Law, Professor of Krakiv and Lviv Universities,
Dean of Law Faculty (1909 – 1910), Rector of Lviv University (1923 – 1924);
M. Pashe-Ozerskyi, Doctor of Law, head of the department of criminal law and
procedure (1940 – 1941; 1944 – 1947) and Rector of Lviv University (1944);
V. Stanik, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, head of the department of
criminal law and procedure (1957 – 1962);
M. Naklovych, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, a well-known
researcher of the issues of criminal resistance to state and collective property stealing.
Since December 2003, A. Boyko, Associate Professor, was elected head of the
department. At present he is Professor, Doctor of Law.
Since October 2014, V. Burdin was appointed acting head of the department (at
present he is Dean of the Law Faculty).
From September 2015 till November 2016, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor V.
Vasylash was appointed acting head of the department.
Since November 2016, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor V. Markin was
appointed acting head of the department. In June 2019, he was elected head of the
department.
Nowadays the following full-time specialists provide the scientific activity at the
department:

 Volodymyr Burdin, Doctor of Law, Professor, Dean of Faculty of Law;
 Victor Markin, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor, head of the
department;
 Oleksandr Marin, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
 Oksana Panchak, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
 Lidiya Palyukh, Doctor of Law, Associate Professor;

 Mykola Senko, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
 Olga Denkovych, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
 Maryana Shupyana, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
 Dmytro Kryklyvets, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
 Volodymyr Hordiyenko, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
 Iryna Sen, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
 Solomiya Denys, Candidate of Law, Associate Professor;
 Iryna Vakula, Candidate of Law, Lecturer;
 Nataliya Zhdynyak, Candidate of Law, Lecturer;
 Iryna Hrynyha, Lecturer;
 Ruslan Bodnarchuk, Lecturer;
 Oleksandr Kondra, Lecturer;
 Yuliia Kovalyk, Lecturer;
 Yustyna Burachynska, Lecturer.