PROCEDURAL AND LEGAL SPECIFICITY OF THE INVESTIGATION OF 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. The procedural-legal and psychological-pedagogical feature of conducting investigative (search) actions during the investigation of criminal offenses committed by a minor is considered. The need for effective cooperation of pre-trial investigation workers and the court for the qualitative and objective performance of the tasks of the criminal process, compliance with the general principles of criminal proceedings and improvement of the innovative policy of Ukraine in general is substantiated. Proposals for improving the tactics and methods of conducting investigative (search) actions with the participation of a minor in the criminal process of Ukraine have been formulated and given. The author has provided the scientific and practical public with his own (author’s) list of developed issues that must be clarified during the investigation of a criminal case. An algorithm for the possible interaction of investigators (detectives) and other law enforcement units during the planning and implementation of procedural measures aimed at gathering and researching the evidence base regarding the involvement of a minor in a criminal offense is presented for the discussion of theorists and practitioners. The importance of these novels in the system of law, criminology and criminal process as a whole, as well as their place in modern pedagogy and psychology, is revealed. Conclusions were made and recommendations were given regarding the coordinated application of the norms of the current legislation in the practical activities of the investigator (detective) and the teacher (psychologist), who take part in the juvenile criminal process. Attention was drawn to the need for further scientific cooperation of scientists, specialists in the field of substantive and procedural law, psychology and pedagogy.