FORENSIC TOOLS FOR THE PREVENTION OF JUVENILE CRIMES

The powers of the investigator as an actor of the prevention of juvenile crimes are examined. The author distinguishes two stages of the investigator’s preventive work: identifying the causes and conditions which contributed to committing a crime; and adoption of measures for eliminating the revealed circumstances. The peculiarities of carrying out certain investigative actions to identify the causes of a crime are considered. Recommendations for tactical planning for the investigator’s activities at this stage are given. The author proposes to implement a set of procedural and nonprocedural measures in order to improve the efficiency of eliminating the identified causes and conditions.