Basic characteristics of the police investigation according to the English criminal procedure law

Abstract

The criminal procedure laws of European countries contain various concepts of investigation, like the judicial investigation which is being progressively replaced by the prosecutorial, or the prosecutorial police investigation, while the concept of the police investigation is much less represented. The basic purpose of all the listed types of investigations is achieving the highest possible efficiency of criminal proceedings which is of an enormous importance, especially today when organized crime, terrorism, corruption, and other severe crimes are widespread. The topic of research is directed toward the police investigation which is featured in the English criminal procedure law. However, the paper will also point out the important differences between the judicial and the prosecutorial, or police, investigations. Through the methods employed in this research, which include a critical contents analysis, description, comparison, synthesis, and deduction, we will tend to come up with certain relevant facts which will enable a certain comparison in regard to the efficiency of the police and other concepts of investigation.

U krivično-procesnim zakonodavstvima evropskih zemalja prisutni su različiti koncepti istrage i to sudska istraga koja se sve više zamenjuje tužilačkom, odnosno tužilačko-policijskom istragom, dok je daleko manje zastupljen koncept policijske istrage. Osnovna svrha svih navedenih oblika istraga jeste postizanje što veće efikasnosti krivičnog postupka što je od velikog značaja, naročito u današnje vreme koje karakterišu organizovani kriminalitet, terorizam, korupcija i drugi teži oblici kriminala. Predmet istraživanja je usmeren na policijsku istragu koja je zastupljena u engleskom krivično-procesnom zakonodavstvu, s tim što će se u radu ukazati i na bitne razlike između sudske i tužilačke, odnosno policijske istrage. Metodama koje će se koristiti u ovom istraživanju, kritička analiza sadržaja, deskripcija, komparacija, sinteza i dedukcija, nastojaće se da se dođe do relevantnih činjenica koje će omogućiti izvesnu komparaciju u pogledu efikasnosti policijske i drugih koncepta istrage.