Proposing and Verifying Different Lines of Inquiry in the Investigation of Deliberate Destruction or Damage of Property

Abstract

The authors summarize their research and present a system of general and special lines of inquiry put forward at the initial and subsequent stages of investigating deliberate destruction or damage of property, as well as typical portraits of the alleged offender as the basis for proposing these lines of inquiry. The investigation of the crime under Art. 167 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is closely connected with the process of proposing and verifying general and special lines of inquiry. These general and special lines of inquiry into the deliberate destruction or damage of property are proposed on the basis of theoretical knowledge and factual data. Research of criminal cases allowed the authors to typify the personalities of alleged offenders in the crimes under consideration. The portrait of the typical offender acts as a theoretical basis for proposing theories regarding the personality of the alleged criminal (avenger, jealous person, envious person, repeat offender, arsonist, hooligan, bomber, member of a criminal gang, hypeman).