The authors come to the conclusion that it is necessary to involve specia­lists in computer equipment in the process of investigation because the investigation and detection of computer crimes requires the analysis of computer information and its carriers. The characteristic features of examined objects determine, first of all, special rules for obtaining and registering them, as well as taking into consideration research methodology when ordering and conducting computer forensic examinations. Confiscation, examination, recording of computer information of evidential significance requires specialist knowledge. In this connection, it is necessary to involve specialists and (or) experts in the process of investigation, detection and prevention of computer crimes. The latent character of computer crimes, a wide use of remote assess, the absence of visual perception of virtual objects and other factors hinder the collection of computer information. Thus, ordering and conducting different types of computer forensic examination play a special role in the investigation, detection and prevention of crimes. A modern and high-quality examination conducted by specialists with expert knowledge in the sphere of hi tech during the investigation of computer technology-related criminal cases offers considerable support to the law enforcement bodies in combating not only these crimes, but also a whole range of crimes where information technology acts as a partial platform for criminal activities. When law enforcement bodies thus influence one of the components of regional and international criminal activities, they raise the level of both physical and information security of citizens. The authors also stress that the more actively information technologies enter the life of a society, the more vulnerable this society is to the criminals who use these technologies for their own purposes.

The authors examine the specific features of criminal law assessment of involvement in prostitution and the organization of this activity through the use or the threat of violence. At the beginning, they stress the urgency of counteracting the social phenomenon of prostitution, analyze the very concept of «prostitution», its debatable and problematic aspects, because it is impossible to offer a correct qualification of criminal actions connected with prostitution (crimes under Art. 240 and 241 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation) without determining the boundaries of providing sexual services specifically referring to the term «prostitution». It is concluded that the key problem for determining the scope of sexual actions described by the term «prostitution» is the lack of an official definition of this term in Russian legislation as well as a wide variety of services in the modern sex industry. The authors state that the understanding of prostitution as a historical social phenomenon as a situation when a woman provides sexual services to different men by performing sexual acts with them for previously discussed material compensation is outdated and does not reflect the multiple dimensions of modern prostitution. While researching the issues of qualifying criminal acts connected with prostitution and involving the use or the threat of violence within the framework of this article, the authors have analyzed the work of both Russian and foreign scholars and studied examples of investigation and court practice. They examine the problems of legal assessment of criminal law categories «violence» and «the threat of using violence» regarding publically dangerous actions connected with the involvement in prostitution and the organization of this activity. The authors present the criteria of differentiating between corpus delicti where such actions are criminally punishable and other corpus delicti, as well as the cases that require qualification for multiple crimes. The results of this research allowed the authors to work out and present recommendations on qualifying criminal actions connected with prostitution and involving the use of the threat of violence.

The article is devoted to the study of typology of the personality of minors who commit crimes in organized groups. The characteristic of minors involved in criminal groups is given. The main causes contributing to the development of juvenile criminal inclinations are considered. These are the influence of the social environment, individual characteristics of the personality of the minor, social contradictions. The personality of juvenile offenders in organized forms of its manifestation is considered on the basis of characteristics that include socio-demographic characteristics, value-normative and need-motivational spheres of the personality consciousness, functional and social-role relations of an individual. The role of the leader member of a criminal group is indicated.

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Such stage of investigation as verifying a report of a crime or initiation of criminal proceedings has always been a key period in which the basis of the forthcoming investigation and the conditions for its effectiveness are laid. This thesis fully refers to the investigators activity in enquiring fraudulent acts committed against the funds allocated for implementing investment projects, which makes this problem even more relevant in current terms. The article examines the problems faced by law enforcement agencies in checking a report of fraud with regard to the funds allocated for implementing investment projects at enterprises with government capital sharing. On the basis of studying the practical materials, the article makes scientific conclusions and gives recommendations in the field of enquiry methodology for the category of crimes under consideration, which may be useful for persons involved in solution and investigation of such crimes.