ON THE INFLUENCE OF PROFESSOR L.L. KANEVSKY'S WORKS ON THE STUDY OF MODERN PROBLEMS OF PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION

Abstract

The article reflects the main provisions developed by L.L. Kanevsky, Doctor of Law, Professor, Honored Lawyer of the Russian Federation, which had significant impact on the research potential of the current state of the preliminary investigation, in particular, the investigation of crimes committed by and involving minors. The article considers the role of some criminal procedure institutes in combating crime at the present stage of development of criminal proceedings, the ways of their improvement from the position of the legislator and law enforcer are proposed. Note is taken of the influence of L.L. Kanevsky’s views on the fundamental writings of representatives of the scientific community, as well as on the state of criminal procedure legislation and its amendments, regulating the rights and legitimate interests of participants in criminal proceedings, in particular, the compulsory participation of an educator or psychologist in investigations involving minors. In view of this, it is necessary to introduce a number of amendments to the Code of Criminal Procedure of the Russian Federation, including expanding the participation of an educator or psychologist in the conduct of certain investigative actions involving minors and improving the regulation of procedural time limits for the investigation and detention of accused persons in custody.

Keywords

• criminal proceedings
• educator
• psychologist
• minors
• reasonable period of criminal proceedings
• terms of preliminary investigation and detention of suspects (accused) in custody