SOME FEATURES OF THE USE OF THE POLYGRAPH IN THE CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS IN UKRAINE AND THE WORLD

Abstract

In the article the issue of the use of the polygraph in the criminal proceedings and the formation of the evidence base during the investigation with its help is analyzed. The history of the origin of polygraphology and examples of polygraph use in foreign countries are considered. The practical experience of using the polygraph in general and in particular in the activities of law enforcement agencies was also studied. The legal regulation of relations during the use of the polygraph by law enforcement agencies and in the country as a whole is subjected to a critical assessment. Attention was drawn to possible prospects for the development of legislative regulation of the use of the polygraph, an assessment and practical recommendations on the researched issue, which are important for law enforcement practice, were provided. The effectiveness of the use of the polygraph during the pretrial period the investigation has been convincingly proven by investigative practice in many countries of the world. At the same time, printing technologies in are clearly applied to the criminal proceedings of Ukraine insufficient due to a number of factors, among which, first of all, legal unsettledness and underdevelopment of the necessary instrumental and methodological base. Note that the Criminal Procedure Code is in force the code of Ukraine does not contain direct references to the possibility of using the polygraph in criminal cases proceedings Likewise, the Law does not contain any instructions of Ukraine "On operative investigative activity". At the same time in there are no prohibitions in the specified regulatory legal acts receiving statements of participants in criminal proceedings from using a polygraph.