Institute of confidential cooperation in the USA: organizational and juridical aspect

Abstract

One of the most efficient measures of crime counteraction is timely reporting law enforcement agencies during which a special role is dedicated to persons (informants). They provide assistance to authorized subjects in the sphere of corruption counteraction by giving operative significant information.

Thus the article is aimed at the analysis of law enforcement bodies and special services of the USA experience concerning work with confidential sources.

The latest tendencies of the US police activities are concentrated on the attraction of citizens to cooperation with police. Such cooperation is efficient in prevention of most hard crimes due to informants' assistance, i.e. people who display desire to cooperate with police.

Scientists D. Sunshine and T. Tyler consider that the nature of relations between police and publicity has a great influence on the efficiency of crime counteraction, local citizens' welfare. The authors draw attention to the importance of establishing benevolent relations between police and local population.

The given article also reveals the USA law enforcement agencies experience of institute of confidential cooperation using. Using of operative sources of information remains the most efficient tools for detection, suspension, disclosure and investigation of crimes in the whole world.

With the aim of achievement of accuracy in terminology it is conducted the identification of different kinds of informants depending on their role and law enforcement institution they collaborate with.

Conclusions. Actions in favor of society are a important element of informationship as social institute. The results of conducted analysis testify that the modern understanding of institute of confidential cooperation in the USA is grounded on the following principles:

-        the object of message is information about any abuses, violations, immoral behavior that may cause significant violations of rights and duties of citizens, damage to society or separate citizens and other public interests;

-        the motive of moral informant is the protection of public interests durante absentia personal direct interest in the results of investigation of the claim he has made;

-        informant has to be sure in the truthfulness of information he provides;

-        the sphere of informationship activity has to be as public as private sphere if its activity can influence the rights and duties of citizens and public interests.

Thus the promising trend of further scientific researches has to be analysis of experience of the given problem solving in the other leading countries of international community with the aim of its consideration in domestic practice.