Tactical interrogation techniques in modern crime investigation practice

Abstract

The subject of the research in this scientific article is to determine the degree of effectiveness of the most common interrogation tactics in the practice of crime investigation. Analysis of the forensic literature has shown a huge variety of tactical interrogation techniques proposed by the science of criminology, most of which raise justified doubts about their scientific validity and practical expediency of their application. At the same time, there is an urgent problem of the use of specific tactics by investigative workers who have short experience in investigative work. In carrying out this research, the author used the method of description and analysis, the method of interviewing, activity and system-structural approaches, methods of statistical generalization. The scientific novelty and practical significance of the conducted research, the results of which are reflected in this article, lies in the fact that the author has identified a list of the most common interrogation tactics in the forensic literature that have sufficient scientific justification, and also assessed the degree of their applicability in the practical activities of the district level of investigative units. As a result of the conducted research, the need to revise the traditional provisions of forensic tactics in the field of interrogation and the formation of new approaches to determining the content of forensic support for preliminary investigation is determined, and the author draws attention to the need for a more critical reassessment of those forensic recommendations that are put forward by modern criminologists in terms of their viability and effectiveness.