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SCIENTIFIC - PRACTICAL JOURNAL "HERALD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE"

Forensic theory of organization and procedural guidance to prosecutor's pre-trial investigation: problem statement

Forensic theory of organization and procedural guidance to prosecutor's pre-trial investigation: problem statement

Pages: 98-105
Year: 2018
Location: Pravova Ednist Ltd

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In result of the constitutional reform in the area of justice, the prosecutor's office of Ukraine organizes and provides procedural guidance by the pre-trial investigation (part 1 article 131-1 Constitution of Ukraine). Prosecutors perform this function. They are procedural heads of pre-trial investigation in a particular criminal proceeding. Their activities direct at countering crime and have their own peculiarities and patterns, which are regarded as a subject of forensic theory and

The purpose of the article is to identify the basic laws and grounds for the formation of forensic theory of organization and procedural guidance by the prosecutor with a pre-trial investigation.

Revealed difference in the description of the activities of the prosecutor-procedural chief from the administrative power of the head of the pre-trial investigation body on the work organization of the investigator. It is conditioned by the public prosecutor`s powers, having criminal procedural nature and disclosed in the supervisory and organizational-managerial aspect. The prosecutor urges the investigator to use the methodology, techniques and tactics of investigation of crimes, use of the whole arsenal of methods and ways of conducting investigative, secret investigative and procedural actions. As a result of this work, the prosecutor gets the actual and the legal opportunity to form and defend own views concerning accusation in court.

So, the function of the prosecutor in criminal proceedings objectively demonstrates the existence of objective reasons for the formation of forensic organization theory and procedural leadership in the investigation of crimes. They form the basis of forensic theory of organization and procedural guidance for pre-trial investigation by the prosecutor. This area of prosecutorial activity contains many problems. Therefore, it is necessary to scientifically substantiate theoretical issues, in particular identification of practical and scientific prerequisites for the formation and fixing of regular trends in the development of the organizational foundations of the work of the prosecutor-procedural chief, aimed at ensuring the investigation of crimes and the administration of justice. Further research will contribute to the formation of the forensic theory of the organization and prosecutor's guidance by pre-trial investigation, development of its concept, on the basis of which it will be possible to generalize all available theoretical and applied achievements in this field of scientific knowledge.

Key words: forensics, pre-trial investigation, prosecutor, organization, procedural guidance. 

Forensic theory of organization and procedural guidance to prosecutor's pre-trial investigation: problem statement