The state of scientific research on the problems of investigation of criminal offenses related to violations of safety rules in the coal industry

Abstract

The article examines the state of scientific development of problems of investigation of criminal offenses related to violations of safety rules at the coal industry enterprises. On the basis of the conducted analysis the source base is systematized according to chronological and other criteria, having established their scientific and practical value for development of bases of methodic of investigation of criminal offences of the named category. The scientific literature devoted to the investigation of criminal offenses related to violations of safety rules in the coal industry, is divided into four groups on a chronological basis: the first – the literature published before 1953; the second – sources of years 1954-1991; the third is for publications of the postSoviet period (1991-2012), the fourth is the latest literature published after adoption of current Criminal procedure code of Ukraine in 2012. The author notes that in modern forensic science there is a sufficient array of literary sources, which allows in-depth disclosure of the subject of this study. However, given the presence of scientific and technological progress in the mining industry, the relevant forensic recommendations need to consider the renewal of production processes. Therefore, there is a need to adapt forensic programs to existing technological regulations. The methodics of investigation of criminal offenses related to safety violations in the coal industry should be based on industry, field of production, which gives grounds to define it as a separate intraspecific forensic methodics. Given the blanket nature of the dispositions of criminal law, which provide liability for violation of safety rules in the mining industry, a separate methodology of investigation should implement the provisions of current legislation in terms of intersectoral and sectoral safety rules. In addition, these forensic recommendations should be developed taking into account the production processes, which are constantly evolving.