INTERROGATION OF A MINOR AND JUVENILE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES COMMITTED BY DECEPTION

Abstract

The article emphasizes that today the highest priority of the state is to protect individuals and society from criminal encroachment. The rights of the child are under special protection, which are protected by a number of international legal acts, such as: the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction; European Convention on the Exercise of Children’s Rights; European Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Concerning Custody of Children and on the Renewal of Custody of Children, etc. It is emphasized that the Criminal Code has a large number of warehouses, where the qualifying feature is the commission of criminal acts against a minor or juvenile. At the same time, fraud against children, which criminals use to commit criminal intent, has recently become more common. The article is a study investigative (investigative) action – interrogation. The study is based on statistical data, publications of modern scholars who have considered the issue of interrogation of minors and juveniles in criminal proceedings. In the process of analysis of modern information, scientific articles and various research works of scientists reveals the current issues of interrogation of minors and juveniles, namely the establishment of psychological contact and obtaining false or false information from the interrogated person. It is the interrogation of a juvenile who has suffered from a criminal offense, including fraud, that is a very complex process, both during and before the interrogation. Therefore, there is now some problem for investigators to conduct such an interrogation, because in practice there are different types of situations that are not specified by the legislator or other sources of information, and do not provide a certain algorithm of actions, how to act to conduct this investigative action and achieve appropriate goals. It is proved that due to certain age and psychological features the child; interrogation has its own specifics associated with the delicacy of communication, psychological reflection of all questions and answers, the use of various demonstration tools, the need for interrogation using technical means of fixation and more. Also, in the course of the research the purpose of this article was established, which is to study certain issues of interrogation and a proposal to solve or improve the problem situation. In the course of the research, the issues and importance of establishing psychological contact during the interrogation were singled out, especially if the interrogated person is a minor. In the process of researching scientific articles and various research papers, the importance of using additional forces during the interrogation, which have a psychological and pedagogical aspect, was highlighted.