Review

The article is devoted to the problems of applying the category of «strategy» in theory of criminalistics and operative-investigative activity, the define of the contents of the this concept and its applicability in these branch of science. The author identified that the category of «strategy» is used (interpreted)  in the scientific literature too freely and without its etymological meaning.

The results of the statistical analysis demonstrate a low efficiency of investigation of criminal offenses in modern conditions, lack of qualified investigators and operatives of the National Police, low mastery of their provisions theories detection and investigation of crimes. These results are necessitating research  the categories of criminalistics science and operative-investigative activity, in particular of  «strategy».

Conducted a thorough analysis of the scientific literature in which authors trying to determine the place of strategy (strategic approach) within the pre-trial investigation (criminal proceedings). Attention is focused on the contradictory nature of these points of view of scientists and researchers.

For the first time the author emphasized the need to correct application of the category «strategy» in the criminalistics theory and operative-investigative activity. The author analyzes the features of the strategy as a scientific category, borrowed from military science, and proves the failure allocation strategy in the structure of pre-trial investigation (investigation strategy). It is emphasized that the strategy can not exist within a single criminal proceedings or operational matter, because the strategy is conditioned and determined political purposes.

It is proposed to select strategy as a separate category of operative-investigative activities, that determined in the long term senior management (the Ministry of internal affairs, the National Police), authorized to carry out operative-investigative activity.

Keywords: strategy, tactics, criminalistics, operative-investigative activity, pre-trial investigation.