The Formation of the Scientific Support Activities of Internal Affairs Bodies of the Soviet State
In article are considered questions of the organization of scientific support activities of internal Affairs bodies at the initial stage of existence of the Soviet state. Restoring lost during the revolutionary events of 1917 the scientific means of solving crimes, the bodies of internal Affairs paid great attention to further development of scientific support for operational activities. For these purposes, created scientific and technical unit under the criminal investigation, steps have been taken to training for them, the scientific foundations laid in the educational process of educational institutions for the training of other categories of employees. Highlighted that in the 20-ies of XX century in the NKVD of the RSFSR there was a State Institute for the study of crime and the criminal, who coordinated criminological research in the country.