MOTIVATIONAL READINESS OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION DEPARTMENT OFFICERS TO PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY

Abstract

The article presents the results of theoretical and experimental research of psychological peculiarities of the motivational readiness of criminal investigation department officers to professional activity. This problem was actualized by the fact that in the current conditions in many regions of the country the workload on the officers of the internal affairs bodies, in particular, the employees of the criminal investigation departments, has increased significantly. 
 As a result of the theoretical analysis, it was found that the complexity of the activity of criminal investigation department officers dictates the high requirements for the professional training of each officer. Investigative activity requires an officer of internal affairs bodies to have appropriate professional training and a clear understanding of the main values of the profession. The motivation of professional activity is an important component in the development of a young specialist. The formation of motivational readiness is possible under the condition of a certain social guarantee to the officer from the system of internal affairs bodies and the activation of the process of theory and practice combining during the period of mastering the profession. 
 The data of the experimental research of the motivational readiness of criminal investigation department officers to professional activity proved the preference of extreme types of activity among professional inclinations. These are the professions related to security and investigative activities, since different situations of an official nature are possible in the activity of law enforcement officers. Inclinations to research activity are also significant. In the hierarchy of motives for choosing a profession by officers of the criminal investigation sector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, those motives that are significant for the implementation of the chosen professional activity, namely internal individually significant motives and external positive motives, dominate. This proves that law enforcement officers are focused on the profession and strive to work effectively on mastering it in the future, as they consider the chosen profession to be their vocation and want to reveal creatively and express themselves in it. 
 The attitude of the subjects to labor activity is positive in general. In addition, it was possible to prove that subjects with developed internal individually significant motives for choosing a profession have a higher level of readiness to master the profession of an investigator.