A RESEARCH LABORATORY ON PROBLEM ISSUES OF CRIMINAL ANALYSIS HAS BEEN CREATED AT THE ODESSA STATE UNIVERSITY OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS

A Research Laboratory on Problematic Issues of Criminal Analysis has been established at the Odessa State University of Internal Affairs with the technical support of the European Union Coordination Mission.

The Laboratory is a specially authorized structural unit of the University for conducting, organizing and coordinating information-search and analytical work aimed at collecting, evaluating and analyzing information. The Laboratory develops, implements and applies new methods and directions of criminal analysis aimed at increasing the effectiveness of combating crime. If necessary, the Laboratory organizes retraining (advanced training) and provides practical assistance to the bodies of the National Police of Ukraine.

The main tasks of the Research Laboratory are:

— providing scientific, practical, consulting and other types of services on the problems of implementing criminal analysis to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and other law enforcement agencies;

— carrying out information-analytical activities regarding information of interest to the units of the National Police;

— identification and assessment of criminal threats to the individual, society, and the state, the purpose of which is to determine priorities and form management decisions on preventing criminal offenses and combating crime;

— implementation of an information and analytical system designed for criminal analysis and software for processing, integrating, analyzing, and storing information, using all available databases (banks) of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the National Police of Ukraine;

— submission to the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine of proposals for the development of draft legislative, regulatory, and organizational and administrative acts, information and analytical products, methodological recommendations on the development and use of the criminal analysis system in the activities of the National Police of Ukraine;

— publication of the results of the Laboratory's activities and their implementation in practical activities and the educational process, ensuring patent and licensing work;

— organization and conduct of trainings and practical classes with employees who carry out criminal analysis in their activities in order to apply the best world practices in this area, etc.

The main functions of the research laboratory are:

— carrying out information and analytical activities regarding information of interest to law enforcement agencies;

— providing proposals for the formation and modernization of automated information, telecommunication and other systems;

— improving the activities of the units of the National Police of Ukraine in the field of applying criminal analysis to combat crime;

— developing proposals for the optimization and development of national legislation on criminal analysis;

— organizing the educational process in higher education institutions with specific learning conditions using modern developments in the field of introducing criminal analysis in the activities of law enforcement agencies.