The publication shares documents from the archives of Tyumen Oblast dating back to the period of the activity of the Provisional Government in the region. The author dwells upon the role of the central and local authorities in setting up a new law enforcement body – the people’s militia. Despite the new approaches to interpreting the February–October 1917 events adopted over the last decades, the issue of the organization of the people’s militia of the Provisional Government at the regional level has been investigated incompletely. In Tobolsk Governorate, where the influence of Bolsheviks was much weaker than in the country’s central regions, the process of organization of the people’s militia had its distinctive characteristics, which is clearly demonstrated by the documents published.
This article brings to light the history of the Federal Criminal Police Office of Germany (Bundeskriminalamt, hereinafter “ВКА”). The author provides a number of documents which at different times have regulated the BKA’s activity. The author analyzes the history of the formation and operation of the BKA and subjects to comprehensive study the BKA’s present-day structure. The BKA is a part of the single system of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Germany. The author notes that the ВКА engages in both operational/investigative and criminal procedure activities.
This article brings to light the history of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). The author provides a number of documents which at different times have regulated the activity of the RCMP and subjects to comprehensive study the present-day structure of the RCMP, its powers, and the legal status of its officers.
This article addresses the major issues of Russian society related to its disorientation amid a period of transition from the system of totalitarian governance to democratic values which include the axiom of the supremacy of law and building a rule-of-law state and civil society. The author focuses attention on the role of the socialization of law enforcement bodies in transforming society’s legal consciousness as a part of social culture and based on an analysis of the statutory and regulatory framework of current Russian legislation which regulates the activity of law enforcement bodies and sets out the major goals and principles of the existence and development of the Russian Federation proposes ways of resolving the issues of the anomie and atomization of society as major factors in the destruction of legal culture.
This article addresses the present state of forensic trace evidence research into various types of traces using the latest equipment and devices. The author touches upon the objectives of the theory of and methodological issues in forensic trace evidence analysis. The article illustrates the significance of integration of knowledge in resolving objectives as part of forensic trace evidence examination.
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