Scientific Journal of KubSAU

There are quite few scientific researches covering the problems of organizing and tactics of investigation in court procedure, which meet the requirements of the Procedural Criminal Law of the Russian Federation in the legal literature. The studies of the ways of sur-mounting counteraction in court hardly exist. There-fore, the authors consider the matters of counteraction in the course of investigation in court paying attention to the existing theory and practice of counteraction in the criminal court procedure. They have developed some scientific recommendations upon the measures for surmounting counteraction to investigation in court in various circumstances

In accordance with clause 53 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, an advocate is entitled to take part in any investigative actions where his client is involved. But this right is not always used; actually, none of the advocates would confess that avoiding such events is a way to save time, and when being asked he (she) points out another reason – investigators don’t announce the forthcoming events beforehand

Criminal case proceedings involve certain procedural activities and making specific decisions based on the results of these activities. According to the Criminal Procedure Code of the Russian Federation, procedural decision is defined as the decision made by a court, a public prosecutor, an investigator in the terms provided in the Code. However, there are some contradictions within the norms of the Code, which influence fair decision-making. These problems and some other issues are considered by the author in the article

This scientific article is devoted to the issues concerning the use of the materials of operative-search activity in the investigation

In this scientific article the author analyzes the opinions of various scholars-criminalists, and the subject of criminalistics. The author of the article came to the conclusion that you need to save the theoretical definition of the object and the subject of criminalistics, proposed by R.S. Belkin. However, the author offers his opinion about necessity of carrying out of scientifically-practical conference with the international participation, devoted to the problem investigated in the article, and also offers the main directions for development of the science of criminology

In this scientific article, the authors examine the problematic questions of the essence and nature, as well as the types of errors in investigations made at the pre-trial criminal proceedings. They analyze the most significant scientific works devoted to the criminalist situations written by such authors as A.N. Kolesnichenko, V.K. Gavlo, E.G. Yablokova, I.E. Volchetskaya, R.S. Belkina, I.F. Gerasimov, V.A. Obraztsov and others. On the basis of different scientific views and forensic practices the authors determine the classification of errors in investigations, conduct typing errors in investigations, and give the typing of investigatory situations

The article covers the problems of procedural status and functions of a forensic investigator taking into account the provisions of p. 40 (1) art.5 of the Criminal Code, comparing with the previous position of the criminal procurators. The author suggests the wording of a new article 38(1) of the Criminal Code as a “forensic investigator” and defines his procedural status. Thus, a forensic investigator at the pre-trial proceedings should have the following powers: according to the investigator’s decision (the head of the investigation team or the head of the investigative body starting the production of a case) he could be entitled to authorize the investigative and other procedures, as well as the participation in the investigation along with the investigator, in order to ensure the proper application of scientific and technical tools and procedural recordings during the investigation, addressing experts for help and cooperation with forensic institutions, and the use of the advanced features of forensic examinations; introduction of new science and technology excellence in the detection and investigation of crime; development of scientific-methodological and practical recommendations for the detection and investigation of crimes

The article “Contents of the main elements of the criminalistic characteristic of fraud” written by the group of authors is of great importance today as the new points of the Federal Act №207 of the Criminal Code of Russia which provide for the criminal proceedings for fraud in lending; while getting payments; while using bank cards; in business sphere; in the sphere of insurance, introduced on November 29, 2012, still need to be developed and lack the methods of the investigation of such crimes. Consequently, the methods of preparation, committing and concealing of a crime, track formation mechanism are not determined and analyzed upon the materials of the forensic and investigative activities. The authors of the article have attempted to study the cases of the mentioned crime types and determine the ways of preparation, committing and concealing of a crime and track formation mechanism of the above-mentioned types of crime

The authors of the article examine the relationship between the criminal process and investigative activity taking into consideration the requirements of the Criminal Procedure Law and the Law on Investigative Activities in the Russian Federation. Such important issues as main tasks and principles of the criminal process and investigative activity are considered in the article. The authors analyze interrelations of some investigative actions and operational search as well as the order of introduction and usage of the results of the investigative activities at the stage of criminal case initializing and in the course of investigative activities. The authors also pay attention to the data which must be submitted in the report or memorandum on the prepared or being committed crime giving grounds for criminal case initializing

The authors of the article analyze the nature and significance of the search activities of the units engaged in operational investigative activities. They consider operational investigative activities as a complex system of operational investigative actions including their different types according to their subject and goals, the problems solved and functional peculiarities as well as the observing (limiting) the rights and freedom of the participants of the activities. Depending on the specific tasks an important part of the system of search operations comprise those which provide detection, prevention and investigation of crimes, detection of wanted persons and objects of criminal assault, as well as operational support of state coercion, appointed by court order . In the theory of operational and investigative activities, they are referred to as "reconnaissance actions", and they reveal the essence of this type in general and search activity (operational research) in particular. Thus, the authors share the view expressed in the literature, according to which the system of reconnaissance and search operations carried out mainly behind the scenes and using a particular service, means, methods and forms, is the essence of operational and investigative activities