METHODS OF QUESTIONING WITNESSES (VICTIMS) AS A FUNDAMENTAL DEFINITION OF THE FORMATION OF TESTIMONY IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Abstract

In the article, the author describes the legal foundations and prospects for the development of criminal procedural law in the light of the legal reform in Ukraine. Procedural situations that arise at the stage of pre-trial investigation and at the trial of criminal cases are considered. The article examines and analyzes the methods of questioning witnesses (victims) as the main criterion for the formation of testimony in criminal proceedings and the collection of the evidence base in the criminal process of Ukraine. The author substantiates the need for effective cooperation between pre-trial investigation workers and the court for high-quality and objective performance of the tasks of criminal proceedings, compliance with the general principles of criminal proceedings and improvement of the innovative policy of Ukraine in general. Proposals for improving the tactics and methodology of witness (victim) interrogation during criminal proceedings have been formulated and given. The author has provided the scientific and practical public with his own (author's) procedural and forensic algorithm for taking testimony from witnesses (victims). The meaning and place of these novels in the system of law, criminology and the criminal process as a whole is revealed. Conclusions were made and recommendations were made regarding the coordinated application of the norms of the current legislation in the practical activities of the criminalist, investigator (detective) and judge. Attention was drawn to the need for further scientific cooperation of scientists, specialists in the field of substantive and procedural law.