Review

Annotation. Reforming the system of law enforcement agencies requires, first of all, the creation of new models and ways of detecting and countering criminal activity, which is connected with the dynamic nature of the latter’s development. Taking into account the mentioned transformations, the question arises regarding the structural and functional restructuring of the structure of the National Police of Ukraine, since the criminogenic potential in Ukraine will continue to be quite high, as evidenced by statistical data on registered criminal offenses and the results of their pre-trial investigation, which are provided annually by the Office of the Prosecutor General. Despite the rather large number of scientific works devoted to the investigation of criminal activity, the question of involving in the investigation a subject new to the domestic investigative and operative search practice, the subject of providing the investigation – the profiler, which has positively proven itself in foreign countries, in particular, in the United States, remains insufficiently studied today. States of America. The implementation of gains and achievements obtained through the introduction of criminal profiling into investigative practice will make it possible to search for criminals more efficiently and quickly and prevent new episodes of criminal offenses. The purpose of the article is to study the competence and functional focus of the specialist-­profiler as a subject of investigation support. According to the results of the research, the author investigated the experience of foreign countries regarding the participation of profilers during the investigation of criminal activity; an analysis of the activities of the most famous profilers was carried out, which made it possible to formulate the qualification requirements for such a person and the functional orientation of his activity, taking into account the peculiarities of the domestic legal system; an analysis of the legal regulation of the involvement of a specialist-profiler in the investigation of criminal activity was carried out, taking into account the current criminal procedural legislation; the author’s definition of the definition «specialist-­profiler» was formulated; the interaction of the specialist-profiler with other participants in criminal proceedings during the investigation is determined. Key words: investigation of criminal activity; pre-trial investigation; crime investigation method; profiling; the subject of investigation support; specialist-­­profiler; National Police of Ukraine. REFERENCES LIST OF LEGAL DOCUMENTS LEGISLATION

1. Kryminalnyi protsesualnyi kodeks Ukrainy [Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine] Zakon Ukrainy vid 13.04.2012 № 4651-VІ. data zvernennia 21.11.2022 [in Ukrainian].
2. Pro operatyvno-rozshukovu diialnist [About operational and search activities] Zakon Ukrainy vid 18.02.1992 № 2135-ХІІ. data zvernennia 21.11.2022 [in Ukrainian].

BIBLIOGRAPHY AUTHORED BOOKS

1. Asiamov S, Krymynalystycheskyi profailynh: poniatye i ystoryia stanovlenyia [Criminal profiling: concept and history of development]. (Tashkent, 2021). data zvernennia 21.11.2022 [in Ukrainian].

ARTICLES

1. Kaliuha K V, Profailinh yak suchasnyi zasib vstanovlennia osoby zlochyntsia [Profiling as a modern means of establishing the identity of a criminal] (2019) 1 (26) Prykarpatskyi yurydychnyi visnyk 156–159.

CONFERENCE MATERIALS

1. Murashko AS, Profailinh u systemi metodiv vyiavlennia ta rozsliduvannia seriinykh zlochyniv nasylnytskoi spriamovanosti [Profiling in the system of detection and investigation methods of serial violent crimes] Pravovi ta orhanizatsiino-taktychni zasady operatyvno-rozshukovoi diialnosti Natsionalnoi politsii Ukrainy: III Vseukrainska naukovo-praktychna internet-konferentsiia, 7 zhovtnia 2022 roku. Odesa, 2022. 153– 155. data zvernennia 21.11.2022 [in Ukrainian].
2. Murashko AS, Profailinh yak metod rozsliduvannia zlochyniv, shcho vchyniaiutsia proty zhyttia ta zdorovʼia osoby [Profiling as a method of investigating crimes committed against a person’s life and health]. Stalyi rozvytok suspilstva ta derzhavy: suchasni vyklyky ta perspektyvy rozvytku: materialy Vseukrainskoi naukovoi konferentsii molodykh vchenykh, 17 hrudnia 2021 roku. Odesa, 2021. 179–182. data zvernennia 21.11.2022 [in Ukrainian].