scholarly journals Organizational and preparatory measures for the investigative experiment

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 174-179
Author(s):  
Volodymyr Kovbasa
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Careful Preparation ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Efficiency And Effectiveness ◽  
Action Preparation ◽  
Preparatory Stage

The article deals with study of some aspects of the investigative experiment. The preparatory stage of the investigative experiment during the investigation of criminal offenses is considered, and proposals for the application of its most appropriate measures are formulated. The author emphasizes that the conduct of investigative (search) actions during the investigation of criminal offenses is always aimed at collecting or verifying evidence. Depending on the stage of the investigation, different sets of procedural actions are possible. But in most cases, at the next stage of the criminal proceedings, investigative experiments are conducted to verify the existing evidence and versions. At the same time, it is necessary to understand that the effective conduct of this procedural action largely depends on the organizational and preparatory measures. After all, careful preparation for the investigative experiment provides the greatest efficiency and effectiveness of its conduct. It is noted that for the effective conduct of the investigative experiment it is necessary to comply with the following conditions: the obtained testimony requires verification or clarification; it is impossible to do it with the help of other investigative actions; the person agrees to take part in the inspection; this person has memorized the situation and will be able to identify and show the place he / she reported in his / her testimony; the situation on the spot has not changed, which prevents the interrogated from recognizing it. The most appropriate measures to be taken at the preparatory stage of the investigative experiment are identified: the study of materials of criminal proceedings; formulation of the purpose of the investigative experiment and the circumstances to be established; repeated or additional interrogation of the person whose testimony will be verified; determining the place and time of the investigative experiment; determining the range of persons involved in the investigative (search) action; preparation of aids (mannequins, stencils, models of objects), vehicles, etc.; preparation of technical means of fixation; ensuring the safety of participants during the investigative experiment; drawing up a plan of investigative (search) action; preliminary inspection of the territory (premises) where it is supposed to carry out this investigative (search) action.

scholarly journals Organization of preparatory criminal proceedings

2011 ◽  
pp. 231-240
Author(s):  
Tatjana Lukic
Keyword(s):  
Objective Assessment ◽  
Historical Review ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Social Phenomena ◽  
Legal Standards ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Judicial Investigation ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
Preparatory Stage

Our criminal law has been developing in the direction of democratization and respect of the minimum legal standards as a condition for an objective assessment of criminal offenses and the protection of human rights and the law does, more or less, like all social phenomena resist the rapid and radical change. The investigation, as part of criminal proceedings is undoubtedly the most important and also the most delicate part of the proceedings. The issue of different organization of the concept of the investigation raises many doubts, misunderstandings and difficulties. The last reform in our country did not bring significant changes for the organization of the preparatory stage of criminal proceedings, and this issue is not sufficiently addressed nor in the literature. In fact, there are different models of investigation. The question is whether the better results could be gained in some of the other models for organizing the investigation which currently exist in the world. The author addresses the following issues: analysis of the models of preparatory stages of criminal proceedings - a historical review, the center of the proceedings, the abolition of judicial investigation, the historical development of the model of investigation in Serbia.

scholarly journals Circumstances to Be Clarified under the Investigation of Interference into Law Enforcement Officer’s Activity

2021 ◽  
Vol 81 (2) ◽  
pp. 97-103
Author(s):  
V. O. Gusieva
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Liability ◽  
Demographic Data ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
Enforcement Officer ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Procedural Costs ◽  
Detailed List ◽  
Law Enforcement Officer

The author has substantiated the need to establish the circumstances to be clarified and has determined their significance during the investigation. It has been emphasized that the circumstances to be clarified include the circumstances to be proved in criminal proceedings, criminal and forensic characteristics of a criminal offense. In order to determine the circumstances to be clarified during the investigation of interference in the activities of a law enforcement officer, the author has studied the circumstances to be clarified within the group of criminal offenses related to obstruction of the activities of a law enforcement officer, as well as during the investigation of interference in the activities of a forensic expert. Taking into account the specified scientific provisions, the author has defined a detailed list of circumstances to be clarified during the investigation of interference in the activities of a law enforcement officer. It has been established that the circumstances to be clarified during the interference in the activities of a law enforcement officer include: 1) circumstances related to the criminal offense, namely: time, place, situation and traces of a criminal offense, methods of its commission (preparation, direct commission and concealment), tools and means used during the interference, the scope of procedural costs; circumstances that are the basis for ceasing criminal proceedings; the reasons and conditions that contributed to the commission of a criminal offense; 2) circumstances related to the identity of the victim, including: socio-demographic characteristics of the victim, place of work, position held; official and functional responsibilities, the victim’s belonging to a law enforcement agency during the commission of a criminal offense against him; the type and scope of damage caused to the victim; 3) circumstances related to the identity of the offender, namely: socio-demographic data of the offender, physiological and psychological condition, gender, citizenship, financial status, place of work, the record of criminal conviction and the facts of bringing to administrative liability; the presence of dependent disabled people; the presence of guilt in the form of direct intent, the purpose of the action; circumstances that aggravate or mitigate the punishment of the offender are grounds for releasing from criminal liability or punishment that exclude criminal liability; presence of accomplices.

scholarly journals Conceptual problems of investigation and prevention of enforced disappearance of persons in the conditions of armed aggression

2021 ◽  
Vol 39 (69) ◽  
pp. 60-73
Author(s):  
Dmytro Mirkovets ◽  
Volodymyr Atamanchuk ◽  
Sergii Marko ◽  
Irina Dubivka ◽  
Antonina Matsola
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
General Scientific ◽  
Points Of View ◽  
Conceptual Problems ◽  
Systemic Problems ◽  
The Right ◽  
Southern Ukraine

The article highlights the results of a study of the situation with official investigations into criminal offenses related to the enforced disappearance of persons in the context of armed aggression in eastern and southern Ukraine. The example of individual criminal proceedings presents some systemic problems that arise during the investigation of the facts of disappearance and suggests possible ways to solve them. There are several «blocks» of problems that lie in the field of criminal law, criminology, and criminal procedure. The points of view of scientists and practitioners on this problem are highlighted. It is concluded that Ukraine, in today’s conditions, needs to take measures aimed at improving the legal mechanisms of observance and protection of the right of persons staying in its territory to freedom from enforced disappearance, as well as intensifying law enforcement agencies to prompt, complete and impartial investigation of such facts, their proper qualification, search for victims, identification of those responsible for their disappearance, ensuring that victims receive timely and adequate compensation. The methodological basis for writing the article was a dialectical-materialist method, as well as the set of general scientific and special methods and techniques of scientific knowledge.

scholarly journals ENSURING COMPENSATION FOR DAMAGE CAUSED BY CRIMINAL OFFENSES AS A RESULT OF SCAMMING ACTIVITIES IN THE FIELD OF TOURISM

2020 ◽  
pp. 369-376
Author(s):  
Г. В. Захарова
Keyword(s):  
Relevant Information ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
The State ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Legal Provisions ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Domestic Legislation ◽  
Legislative Proposals ◽  
Compensation For Damage ◽  
Legal Compensation

The purpose of the article is to study the legal regulation and law enforcement practices on compensation for victims of criminal proceedings due to fraud in the field of tourism, identify problematic aspects in this direction, and make regulatory legislative proposals to improve legal compensation for victims of criminal proceedings. The article considers some issues related to compensation for damage caused by a criminal offense as a result of fraudulent acts in the field of tourism. The issues of legal regulation under domestic legislation and the legislation of individual European countries on compensation by the state for damage caused to victims are analyzed. It is emphasized that the priority for victims of fraudulent criminal acts is the requirement of compensation for damage, as well as the issue of compensation, compensation for such damage. It turns out that the voluntary compensation of victims by criminals directly depends on the quality and totality of the indictments collected against them, which fully expose their criminal activities. Meanwhile, the legislator did not pay enough attention to the possibility of voluntary compensation for damage to the person who caused it, as well as the benefits of voluntary compensation for damage. The legal provisions to be settled on this issue are indicated. Emphasis is placed on the need for timely pre-trial investigation of relevant traditional measures aimed at finding and locating, staying, both movable and immovable property, securities, jewelry, etc., which may be seized, in order to ensure compensation to the victim. damage. Emphasis is placed on the effectiveness and expediency of using the capabilities of IT technologies of relevant information resources, Internet services, and monitoring of websites that contain information that can help find as soon as possible the property of criminals who can be seized. At the same time, it is noted that the creation and proper functioning of the state fund for compensation to victims of crimes will be an additional constitutional guarantee that will only strengthen human security and increase the overall authority of the state.

scholarly journals CRIMINAL CHARACTERISTICS AS AN ELEMENT OF THE METHODOLOGY OF INVESTIGATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

2020 ◽  
pp. 5-11
Author(s):  
О. А. Антонюк
Keyword(s):  
Public Order ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Illegal Acts

The relevance of the article is that the forensic characteristics should be based on the study of materials of criminal cases and proceedings, as well as have a direct practical direction. That is, to solve specific tasks of the investigation: to provide opportunities for the development of versions, to build correlations between individual elements, to ensure better planning of the investigation, and so on. Otherwise, it will really be a "phantom", ie an ineffective tool of investigation. At the same time, scientists continue to investigate illegal acts in terms of constructing their forensic characteristics. The scientific article is devoted to the study of some aspects of the investigation of criminal offenses against public order. The peculiarities of forensic characteristics as an element of the methodology of investigation of a certain category of criminal offenses are considered. The author emphasizes that the forensic characteristics should be based on the study of materials of criminal cases and proceedings, as well as has a direct practical direction. That is, to solve specific tasks of the investigation: to provide opportunities for proposing versions, building correlations between individual elements, ensuring better planning of the investigation, and so on. Otherwise, it will really be a "phantom", ie an ineffective tool of investigation. At the same time, scientists continue to investigate illegal acts in terms of constructing their forensic characteristics. In our opinion, this is really important for the methodology of investigation of any criminal offense, so we will try to solve the problem of its construction in the studied category of actions: against public order. The notion of forensic characteristics is formulated as a set of data on forensically important features and properties of an illegal act, which is due to the natural connections between its individual elements and provides construction and verification of versions to solve specific problems of criminal proceedings.

scholarly journals ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT STATE OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH PROBLEMS OF OPERATIONAL AND EXPLORATORY DOCUMENTATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 408-416
Author(s):  
А. А. Саковський
Keyword(s):  
The State ◽  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Scientific Development ◽  
Modern Theory ◽  
Technical Documentation ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Current State ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Research Problems ◽  
National Police

The relevance of the article is that the Constitution of Ukraine stipulates that a person, his life and health, honor and dignity, inviolability and security are recognized in our state as the highest social value. The activity of law enforcement bodies and judicial authorities in the state is aimed at ensuring the implementation of this provision of the Basic Law of Ukraine. Protection of the rights and legitimate interests of individuals and legal entities is one of the tasks of criminal proceedings which is achieved through the implementation of others - by prompt and full disclosure of crimes, exposing the perpetrators and ensuring the proper application of the Law. The purpose of the article is to determine the current state of scientific developments of operational and investigative documentation in the process of combating crime by units of the National Police of Ukraine. The state of scientific development of problems of operative-search documentation by generalization and systematization of results of monographic works of domestic and foreign scientists, and also scientific researches on the researched subjects, stated in manuals, methodical recommendations, lectures and scientific articles of different historical periods is analyzed. For in-depth study of these issues, the chronological principle of presentation of the material was chosen, which provides an opportunity to highlight the defining ideas and views of the formation of modern operational and investigative documentation. It was found that today, in the legal literature and practice, along with the term "operational documentation" has become widespread concept of "operational and technical documentation" of criminal offenses, as these terms are used not only in forensic, operational and investigative, but also other aspects , where they have different meanings, although identical in meaning, which is the need to ensure compliance of the process of operational and technical documentation of criminal offenses with the requirements of applicable regulations governing the admissibility, procedure and conditions of its implementation. It is stated that the study indicates the need and relevance for modern theory and practice of ORD conducting at the monographic level of a comprehensive study of theoretical, legal and organizational and tactical principles of operational and investigative documentation in the fight against crime by the National Police of Ukraine.

scholarly journals Use of special knowledge in the detection and investigation of serious crime

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 185-190
Author(s):  
Serhiy Obshalov
Keyword(s):  
Significant Role ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Technical Developments ◽  
Serious Crime ◽  
Preparatory Stage ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Forensic Scientists ◽  
Professional Assistance ◽  
Or Team

The research highlights current aspects of the institute of special knowledge in the detection and investigation of felonies. Based on a thorough analysis of the views of prominent forensic scientists, based on current legislation, the concepts of special knowledge, forms and types of their use. Given the different professional competencies, the concept of special knowledge of an expert and a specialist is considered separately. Among the typical forms of use of special knowledge, attention is focused on those that are essential for the investigation of serious crimes, adhering to their classification into procedural and non-procedural. It is emphasized that one form of use of special knowledge passes into another, in particular, after forensic examinations, an audit is performed. Appointment and conduct of forensic examinations are covered depending on the type of serious crime (mercenary-violent, economic, etc.). Attention is paid to the choice of expert institution, the sequence of appointment and conduct of comprehensive forensic examinations. Some issues of specialist participation in the conduct of investigative (search) actions and measures of criminal proceedings are considered. The need for professional assistance during the inspection, search, investigative experiment, temporary access to things and documents at the preparatory stage, to record the progress of the investigative action, to work with traces and other evidence, during the evaluation of the results of the investigative action. The involvement of a psychologist as a consultant or specialist to compile a search psychological portrait of a criminal is considered. The significant role of departmental inspections in the investigation of serious crimes in the economic and financial spheres has been noted. Attention is paid to the expediency of involving a group or «team» of various specialists to participate in investigative (search) actions, the use of innovative technical developments for forensic purposes. Examples of practical activities and interview data of practical staff are given.

scholarly journals Criminal offenses - a new institute of criminal legislation of Ukraine

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Kovalova Svitlana ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Justice ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Criminal Justice System ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Criminal Legislation

The article analyzes the feasibility of introducing the institution of criminal offense. The focus is on reforming the criminal justice system. It was found out that one of the directions of reforming the criminal justice of Ukraine is the introduction of the institute of criminal misdemeanor in the criminal legislation. According to the results of the study, different approaches to the expediency of establishing liability for misconduct in the criminal legislation of Ukraine have been identified. It is reasonable that changing the understanding of the concept of crime and the criteria for its evaluation is not an easy path, but in today's conditions the introduction of criminal offenses is a progressive, timely and unalterable step, as no scientific developments can solve law enforcement problems. Keywords: criminal proceedings, institute of criminal offense, crime, reforming, criminal legislation, Concept of reforms, criminal justice

scholarly journals Interaction between investigator and operational units in pretrial investigation of criminal offenses

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 272-276
Author(s):  
Maksym Ocheretyatyy
Keyword(s):  
Theory And Practice ◽  
Factual Information ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Offense ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Theoretical Generalization

The article analyzes the essence of the outlined problem, focuses on the importance of the investigator's interaction with operational units in the pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses, outlines the concept, which is defined as a comprehensive and purposeful process of communication between different actors involved in criminal proceedings. , is the ultimate goal, which makes it possible to obtain factual information about the event of a criminal offense. This gave grounds for distinguishing the essence of this process, which in general is distinguished by the fact that the investigator is a procedural person who is directly responsible for the quality of pre-trial investigation, its planning and effectiveness of investigative (search) actions, their timeliness and consistency. It is also argued that the issues of theoretical generalization of the elements of the process of interaction of the investigator in the pre-trial investigation were effectively and accurately formulated in the above stages, which partially duplicate the stages of the pre-trial investigation. However, the proposed approach of individual researchers to differentiate the interaction not only in terms of criminal procedural law, but also from the standpoint of operational and investigative activities, as a process can also be useful in planning a pre-trial investigation. This logically gives grounds to claim that the interaction with operational units is based on close and coordinated cooperation within the current legislation, on the initiative of both parties, as well as the planned conduct of any investigative or non-public investigative (search) actions. The author, as a result of the received interpretations of basic terms it was given an opportunity to investigate its stages. Therefore, the approaches of scientists to determine the stages of interaction in the pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses are analyzed, they are generalized, and the most effective approach totheir structuring for theory and practice is determined.

scholarly journals Use of special knowledge in investigation of anti-morality crimes

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 268-274
Author(s):  
Mykola Yefimov
Keyword(s):  
Professional Education ◽  
Vocational Training ◽  
Professional Activity ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Specialized Knowledge ◽  
Science Technology ◽  
Criminal Offenses ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Direct Use

The scientific article deals with some aspects of the investigation of crimes against morality. The peculi-arities of the use of special knowledge in the investigation of this category of criminal offenses are con-sidered. The author emphasizes that during criminal proceedings at the stage of both pre-trial investigation and in court, questions may arise, which, due to their narrow specialization and unlawful nature, may not be within the power of the investigator and the court. In such cases, other participants in the criminal process are involved in the process of proving - persons who have special knowledge sufficient to make a qualified solution to the problem. It is noted that special knowledge is a set of theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field of science, technology, arts, crafts obtained as a result of vocational training and professional education used for the prevention and investigation of criminal offenses. The view is maintained that the following should be attributed to independent forms of the use of specialized knowledge: the direct application of specialized knowledge in science, technology, art and craft by the judge himself; appointment of examinations; appointment of audits; knowledge that is inherent in various types of professional activity, except knowledge that is professional for the investigator and the judge, and is used in the investigation of crimes and criminal proceedings in court in order to facilitate the establishment of the truth of the case in cases, forms and procedures determined by criminal- procedural legislation; consulting assistance of a specialist without involving him personally in court actions; expert's participation in court actions. It is emphasized that specialized knowledge can be used directly and indirectly by an authorized person. Based on the analysis of judicial investigative practice, the following were distinguished among the main forms of use of special knowledge in the investigation of crimes against morality: direct (use of special knowledge by investigators in carrying out individual procedural actions); mediated (appointment of forensic expertise and involvement of relevant specialists in individual procedural actions).

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