INITIAL INVESTIGATORS (SEARCH) ACTIONS IN PROCEEDINGS ON CRIMINAL OFFENSES COMMITTED BY MINORS

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 initial investigative (search) actions in the investigation of criminal offenses committed by minors are considered. The article examines and analyzes the methods of interrogation of minor witnesses (victims) as the main criterion for the formation of testimony in criminal proceedings and the collection of evidence base in the criminal process of Ukraine. The need for effective cooperation of pre-trial investigation workers and the court for high-quality and objective performance of the tasks of criminal proceedings is substantiated. Emphasis is placed on compliance with the general principles of criminal proceedings and improvement of Ukraine's innovation policy in general. The author's suggestions regarding the improvement of the tactics and methodology of the interrogation of a minor witness (victim) during criminal proceedings are formulated and given. The author's own (author's) list of persons who are subject to mandatory questioning as part of the proceedings to establish the objective truth in the case, provided by the author for consideration by the scientific and practical public, is offered for discussion of the specifics of the questioning of the said participants. The author of the article has developed and proposed his own list of questions that can be put to a forensic psychological examination. The meaning and place of these novels in the system of law, forensic examination and 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.