Aspects of the Use of Forensic Methods and Techniques in the Investigation of Acts of Theft of Property Committed by Minors

Abstract

At the present stage, theoretical issues of forming basic methods and techniques for investigating property crimes committed by minors are relevant; general patterns of theft of other people's property by them and the general trends in their detection and investigation related to this type of crime are relevant. The purpose of the study is to develop the concept of a basic methodology and technique for investigating property crimes committed by minors. In accordance with the stated purpose of the study, its tasks are: to assess the current state and determine the directions for further improvement of the theoretical support for the practice of combating property crimes committed by minors; to determine the content of the basic forensic characteristics of acts of theft of other people's property, to identify the relationship between its elements, to determine their role in putting forward typical versions in the investigation of these crimes. In the course of the study, the following methods of scientific knowledge were used: analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction, logical and systemic analysis. The study found that the forensic characterisation of crimes committed by minors is important, since minors react more sharply and quickly to negative social changes, and this factor is the reason for the differentiation of criminal liability, which separates minors into a separate category of criminals. The study has revealed a significant criminogenic role of the immediate negative environment in the formation of the personality of a juvenile criminal who. Since the moral formation of a juvenile's personality begins in the school and continues in the educational or labour collective, there is a close connection and continuity between these stages. A person's personality is determined by his or her lifestyle, level of spirituality, social, material and other values, including the informal status in a social group. The orientation of a personality largely depends on such negative factors associated with the emergence of a mercenary orientation as the influence of previously convicted persons who are organisers or active participants in thefts.