Criminalistic and criminal procedural basis of provision of participation of witnesses in crime investigation

It becomes possible to increase the opportunity of a witness to take part in a criminal procedure only by way of close cooperation of criminalistics and a criminal procedure. It is necessary to take into account a witness’s interests in a criminal procedure while determining perspective directions of the use of testimony from witnesses. Criminalistic study of as witness’s personality allows determining a witness’s interests. Improvement of criminally-remedial basics of the application of testimony from witnesses is carried out with due account for the norms of the international law. It is necessary to use positive foreign experience in the sphere of depositing witnesses’ testimony to solve the problem of widening the limits of witnesses’ participation in criminal investigations. Development of the institute of depositing of testimony from witnesses should be based on the provision of witnesses’ security. The key direction for the formation of legal basics of consolidation of witnesses’ testimony is the necessity to elaborate criminalisitc recommendations on dealing with negative factors appearing in the process of realization of right of the accused for depositing a witness’s testimony.