THE NOTION AND INNOVATION FOUNDATIONS OF TECHNICAL AND CRIMINALISTIC SUPPORT FOR INVESTIGATION OF CRIMES

Abstract

The article deals with scientific approaches to understanding the notion of «technical and criminalistic support for investigation of crimes», and offers its own definition of this notion. It focuses on the fact that the introduction of new information technologies in pre-trial investigation practices is a contributor to the improved investigation efficiency and crime prevention. The article suggests developing an automated computer system called «Counteracting corruption» as one of the ways to improve technical and criminalistic supportfor investigation of crimes as well as the introduction of the latest information technologies, it can be used as a means to boost the investigator’s intellectual activity in planning, suggesting investigation versions, choosing the optimal systems of investigation (search) actions. The structure of the abovementioned software includes two blocs: resource bloc and consultation bloc. The former bloc consists of general background information represented with respect to corruption crime categories, the latter can include data on the optimal organization of investigating into such crimes.