Biopsychosocial factors of the prosecutor’s professional activity

Abstract

The research subject is relevant to legal professionals, as Ukrainian society is increasingly emphasising the factors that determine the professionalism of all participants in legal practice, including judicial proceedings. Particular attention is devoted to non-standard approaches, one of which is proposed in the research. The purpose of the study is to examine the professional activity of the prosecutor in the biological, psychological and social context; based on this, to identify and describe the factors of internal and external influence on it. The key research methods include observation and monitoring of prosecutorial activity. The research presents a triune (biopsychosocial) foundation of human essence, in which philosophy is a methodology for structuring the three main sciences of human behaviour. The specific features of this behaviour are identified depending on the elements of the subject matter (for example, instincts in biology, conscious and subconscious in psychology, adaptation to the team in sociology), and the holistic subject of study is a person. Based on various descriptions of “professional formulas” and “profesiograms”, the research schematically presents a model of the prosecutor’s professional activity, considering the subject of work – a person and sign systems; working conditions with increased moral responsibility; functional and automated working conditions, and the gnostic and transformational purpose of work. Without diminishing the importance and influence of each of the factors of professional activity, the dominance of social factors is determined. This dominance is explained by the rapid rise of the role of information and information technology, increased concern for human life and the preservation of the gene pool, non-standard working conditions, crises and pandemic challenges, military conditions, and other related issues. After all, all of this has a specific impact on professional activities in various fields, including the protection of human rights and freedoms, where the prosecutor’s office occupies an important niche. The research reflects the author’s position and innovative approach considering the importance of the research area, disclosure of the grounds and factors of developing the prosecutor’s worldview and determining their professional orientation in the modern world. The practical value of the study is that it identifies the factors that influence the professional activity of prosecutors, knowledge of which will allow learning how to neutralise those that have an adverse impact and enhance the effect of positive ones.