Mechanism of determining operational-investigative decisions: essence, elements, relation to the subject of prosecutor's supervision
The article discusses a number of conceptual provisions devoted to the definition of a decision-making mechanism. The author analyses the terms "mechanism" and "decision making" developed by representatives of different areas (branches) of scientific knowledge – philosophy, psychology, cybernetics, sociology, control theory. The opinions proposed by the scientific community regarding the stages (elements) of the decision-making mechanism are studied. Such an approach made it possible to establish the broad and narrow values of the decision-making mechanism: a specific institution of a specific field of activity, consisting of elements; local interaction procedures, consisting of operations to achieve the set goal. A general analysis of the reviewed scientific studies allowed the author refracting the results obtained in the course of the research into the sphere of prosecutorial oversight of the legality of the operational-search activity. The concept and elements of the mechanism for making operational-search decisions are proposed. We formulated provisions reflecting the attitude of the mechanism for making operational-search decisions to the subject of prosecutorial oversight.