On the New System of Recording and Registration of Complaints, Statements and Other Information on Criminal Offenses

Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of statistical information on criminal offenses between 2012 and 2017. The authors take into account the specific features of the amended model of criminal proceedings and the new system of records and registration of statements and reports on criminal offenses. As there is no data on the statements and reports to the pre-trial investigation bodies for 2015–2017 or the judgments on them for the Republic as a whole, the comparison was carried out for the statistical data on Karaganda Region in different periods. The analysis and comparison of the available information on Karaganda Region was used to explain the unjustified reduction of the volume of registered criminal offenses in 2015–2017. The authors developed a formula that helps to determine the causes of this situation, typical not only for this Region, but for the whole Republic since 2012. The article highlights the problem areas connected with the key clauses of the Rules for Records and Registration of Complaints, Statements and Reports on Criminal Offenses as well as with maintaining the Single Registry of Pre-Trial Investigations, approved by the Order of the General Prosecutor for the Republic of Kazakhstan of September 19, 2014, No 89. The authors describe disputable aspects of the law enforcement practice. Besides, using the analysis of the previous and current systems of records and registration of complaints and statements on criminal offenses, the authors make an attempt to stabilize the situation in the sphere of records and registration. They draw attention to the fact that in the past all complaints and statements on crimes were to be registered, and this information was entered in the Book of Records of Complaints, Statements and Information. After the new order of registration and recording of complaints and statements on criminal offenses was introduced, the information from the Book of Records of Information is only statistically relevant if these complaints are registered in the Single Registry of Pre-Trial Investigations.