RESEARCH ON THE DEFENDANT'S PERSONALITY DURING AN INTERROGATION - UNION OF SOVIET SOCIALIST REPUBLICS

• NCJ Number: 38554
• Author(s): A S KRIVOSHEYEV
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 61 pages
• Corporate Author: Joint Publications Research Service
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service; National Institute of Justice/
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF SOCIAL, PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND OTHER PERSONAL INFORMATION ABOUT DEFENDANTS IN THE PRELIMINARY INQUIRY AND OTHER PHASES OF SOVIET CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS.

Abstract

DISCUSSED ARE PROBLEMS IN DETERMINING THE PROPER TYPE AND AMOUNT OF INFORMATION NEEDED BY EXAMINING MAGISTRATES AND OTHER AUTHORITIES. THE CHARACTERISTICS AND BACKGROUND OF THE OFFENDER ARE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN INVESTIGATIONS TO DETERMINE THE FACTS IN A CASE, IN SENTENCING, AND IN TREATMENT AND PREVENTION MEASURES.