Сrime Сounteraction by Operational Units of Law Enforcement Agencies: Definition and Content
Abstract
The purpose of the article is to reveal the content and give a definition to crime counteraction by operational units. Methodology. The methodological toolkit was chosen taking into account the purpose, the specifics of the object and subject of research. Its basis is a common dialectic method of scientific knowledge of real phenomena, as well as their links with the practical activities of operational units. The special research methods used in the thesis are: semantic analysis techniques (it is applied to the study of legal norms that regulate the activities of the operational units of law enforcement agencies of Ukraine, as well as scientific sources); system and structural method – to determine the content of the studied categories and legal phenomena, the formation of conceptual and categorical framework; logical-legal (or dogmatic) method – in the process of developing the conceptual apparatus and scientific provisions. Scientific novelty lies in the fact that the authors disclose the content and formulate the definition of such concepts as «operational units», «crime counteraction by operational units». Conclusions. Crime counteraction operational units should be understood as a set of activities carried out by their forces and means for crime prevention, its detection, suppression and investigation. At the same time, crime prevention is an activity that prevents the formation of the intention to commit crimes and (or) does not allow its implementation, even in the form of preparation or an attempt to commit these crimes; crime detection is the activity of searching for and recording information about preparation for a crime, attempting a crime, committing a completed crime; the suppression of crime is the activity of preventing a crime that has already begun (including obstructing the preparation, attempt, and completion of the crime); crime investigation is the process of knowledge by the prosecution of the fact and circumstances of the commission of a particular action (provided for by the Criminal Code of Ukraine) during the pre-trial investigation, which is embodied in the system of procedural actions used to accomplish the tasks of criminal justice in general. Operational units are involved in the investigation of crimes through the implementation of the instructions of the investigator, the prosecutor.
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