Subject and Limits of the Prosecutor’s Criminalistic Thinking in Pre-Trial Criminal Proceedings
https://doi.org/10.18384/2949-513X-2024-2-98-106
Abstract
Aim. Assessment of the content, orientation and significance of the criminalistic thinking of the prosecutor participating in pre-trial criminal proceedings.
Methodology. The key research method was the content analysis of Russian legislation and the point of view of criminologists regarding the definition of the concept, essence and content of criminalistic thinking in solving problems. arising in the process of solving and investigating a crime. Comparative legal and logical-legal methods were used. as well as the method of system analysis.
Results. The author’s position on the criminalistic thinking of a prosecutor participating in criminal proceedings as a necessary component of his professional intelligence is substantiated. The author’s definition of the concept of criminalistic thinking of a prosecutor is formulated, the scope, directions and goals of its use in pre-trial criminal proceedings in modern legal conditions are characterized, the stages of its formation, the importance of generalization, analysis, and use of relevant positive experience in prosecutorial practice are considered.
Research implications. Theoretically justified the use of forensic capabilities in prosecutorial supervisory activities. The relevance, practical significance of the prosecutor’s forensic thinking in ensuring proper efficiency of supervision in pre-trial criminal proceedings, the need to expand the limits of its use by establishing in the law a wider range of supervisory powers of the prosecutor at this stage of the criminal process have been proven.
About the Author
V. N. IsaenkoRussian Federation
Vjacheslav N. Isaenko – Dr. Sci. (Law), Prof., Department of Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and Criminalistics,
10A, ul. Radio, Moscow 105005.
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