Keyword: «investigative actions»

Article is devoted to concept of criminalistic operation. Various points of view of famous scientists-criminalists about concept of criminalistic operation, its structure and classification are analyzed. Various approaches to use of the terms "operation" and "combination" which analysis allows to formulate the views of this criminalistic category are noted.

The article examines the legal status of a witness in criminal proceedings, as well as the possibility of reforming the criminal procedural law in the conduct of investigative actions with the participation of witnesses.

Nowadays permanent changes associated with usage of information technology in all spheres of life require a lawmaker to pay attention to these changes promptly. The article presents different opinions of procedural scientists concerning the consolidation of digital evidence as an independent form in the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation. There was the analysis of the criminal procedure codes of such foreign countries as: the Republic of Austria, the Swiss Confederation, People’s Republic of China, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The author pointed out the positive aspects of the usage of digital evidence as well as the problems with the use.

In the article, the authors reveal some problematic aspects of attracting an interpreter to participate in criminal proceedings, in particular, the lack of clear requirements for a resolution that grants a person the status of an interpreter, the lack of a time frame for translating procedural documents, the impossibility of involving an interpreter at the stage of verifying a crime report. Based on the conducted research, the authors have formed a number of proposals for improving the criminal procedure law of the Russian Federation.

The interest in studying the material evidence, as well as the correctness of its understanding and use in science, legislation and practice causes certain difficulties. A lot of scientific views, concepts, opinions about the understanding of physical evidence and the possibilities of its use in criminal proceedings are of interest and are valuable guidelines for improving science and practice. This article examines the concept, features, problematic issues of the use of physical evidence in criminal proceedings.