DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: THE INITIAL STAGE OF THE INVESTIGATION

Abstract

The purpose of the article to reveal the features of the initial stage of the investigation of criminal offenses under Art. 1261 of the Criminal code of Ukraine, for optimization of process of their investigation to form certain recommendations. The research methodology is made up of various general scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge, in particular: the circumstances that are to be established at the initial stage of the investigation of criminal offenses related to domestic violence are formally and logically highlighted; the system-structural method defines the tasks that are solved at the initial stage of the investigation of this category of unlawful acts. General conclusions are presented based on the synthesis method. The dialectical method became the basis for the application of all methods. Scientific novelty. An attempt is made to highlight the features of the initial stage of the investigation of domestic violence by summarizing the circumstances to be established and defining the system of tactical tasks that need to be addressed. Based on these features, appropriate recommendations have been formed. Conclusions. The initial stage of the investigation of criminal offenses related to domestic violence is aimed primarily at obtaining initial data, in particular, at assessing information about the situation of the commission, the method of violent actions, the object of the criminal attack, the identity of the victim, the identity of the offender.