Criminalistic methodics of crime investigation: Current problems and promising research areas

Viktor SHEVCHUK; Viacheslav VAPNIARCHUK; Igor BORYSENKO; Dmytro ZATENATSKY; Viacheslav  SEMENOGOV

Authors

Viktor SHEVCHUK Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
Viacheslav VAPNIARCHUK Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4176-6948
Igor BORYSENKO Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
Dmytro ZATENATSKY Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University
Viacheslav SEMENOGOV Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Keywords:

pre-trial investigation; criminal proceedings; unlawful activity; the structure of criminalistic methodics; criminal activity.

Abstract

The relevance of this study is to examine the sphere of criminalistic methodics of crime investigation, as the last section of criminalistic science, and to consider the problems of this sphere and the prospects for its improvement and reform. The purpose of this research is to examine the scope of criminalistic methodics of crime investigation and to study the main problems and prospects for improving the methodics of investigation of committed acts in accordance with the current criminal activity in Ukraine. The methods used to study this subject include dialectical, legal recognition, formal legal, hermeneutical, logical-legal, structural-functional, etc. The results of this study are the characteristics of the following section of criminalistic science –criminalistic methodics of crime investigation, the main problems of this area, the means and methods of improving the methods of investigation of committed acts for effective detection of crimes and impartial consideration of a criminal case. In the course of the research, the "criminalistic methodics of crime investigation" was defined; a distinction was made between the "criminalistic methodics" and "criminalistic methodics of crime investigation"; the essence, tasks, and functions of the criminalistic methodics of crime investigation were determined; problems and prospects for improving criminalistic methodics of investigation of crimes committed were identified. The provisions that are enshrined in this study are of practical value primarily for participants in criminal proceedings for the full and comprehensive protection of their procedural rights and impartial and objective consideration of their case, for law enforcement agencies, investigators, defence counsels, judges, and prosecutors whose activities are related to the investigation and consideration of a criminal case.

Author Biographies

Viktor SHEVCHUK, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Viktor Shevchuk is a Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of Criminalistics of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Professional and scientific interests: Criminalistics, Judicial expertise, Legal psychology.

Viacheslav VAPNIARCHUK, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Viacheslav Vapniarchuk is a Doctor of Law, Professor of the Department of Criminal Procedure of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Professional and scientific interests: Theory and practice of criminal procedural evidence, Criminal executive law, Judiciary.

Igor BORYSENKO, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Igor Borysenko is a Candidate of Laws Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminalistics of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Professional and scientific interests: Material Sciences, Law enforcement, Prosecution, Advocacy.

Dmytro ZATENATSKY, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Dmytro Zatenatskyi is a Candidate of Law Sciences, Assistant of the Departmentof Criminalistics of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University, Kharkiv, Ukraine. Professional and scientific interests: Criminology, Legal psychology, Forensic tactics.

Viacheslav SEMENOGOV, Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University

Viacheslav Semenogov is a Candidate of Law Sciences, Associate Professor of the Department of Criminalistics of the Yaroslav Mudryi National Law University,Kharkiv, Ukraine. Professional and scientific interests: Criminal law, Criminal procedural law, Criminalistics, Criminology.

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