Classification of special investigative measures

Issues relating to the classification of special investigative measures are of substantial importance to the theory and practice of special investigative work. The specialized literature records certain attempts regarding the arrangement of special investigative measures by categories and groups based on different grounds, but, in total, the issues related to the classification of special investigative measures have been insufficiently studied in the theory of special investigative activity, from which consideration they follow to be subjected to substantial scientific research. Likewise, the operative-investigative doctrine does not highlight a certain opinion regarding the classification of special investigative measures. This happens because the special investigative measures have an extremely diversified character, they are varied, as a result of which each specialist in the field comes up with his own classification, trying to justify it based on his own experience and knowledge that he considers relevant. The process of perfecting the notions and concepts specific to the special investigative activity must be based on logical operations, procedures and interpretations. They are of major importance for solving several questions and for carrying out various tasks of the science of special investigative activity and, first of all, for the materialization of its basic categories, to which the classification of special investigative measures is attributed. The circumstances in question determined the necessity and actuality of conducting a complex study of the classification of special investigative measures based on the analysis, interpretation and systematization of doctrinal opinions on this subject.