Criminal procedure model for the protection of the rights and legitimate interests of a minor suspect, accused
Introduction. Because of the nature of intellectual, physiological and psychological development, lack of necessary life experience, nesformirovannost moral values of minors involved in criminal procedure relations, are not able to fully understand and assess the situation and act in accordance with their interests, realize the legitimacy, in light of what he needs at a higher level of protection. Today, the modern criminal procedure legislation of the Russian Federation provides for a mixed model of protection of a minor suspect, accused, combining the provision of professional protection by a defender, moral protection by a legal representative, psychological protection (support) by a psychologist, as well as pedagogical protection (support, assistance ) on the part of the teacher, aimed at maintaining a diﬀerentiated approach to ensuring the rights of minors in criminal proceedings. Purpose of the research: to determine the future direction of development and improve implementation of the Russian criminal procedural model of protection of rights and lawful interests of a minor suspect, accused. The methodological basis of the study was the cognitive methods and techniques of analysis, comparison, generalization and description. In addition, the method of questioning the representatives of the preliminary investigation bodies and the Bar of Irkutsk was used. Conclusions: purposeful development and increasing the eﬀectiveness of the implementation of the criminal procedural model of protecting the rights and legitimate interests of juvenile suspects and accused should become a priority in the development of juvenile justice in Russia. The practical signiﬁcance of the study lies in the possibility of using its results as recommendations in law enforcement practice, as well as to formulate proposals for amending the current criminal procedural legislation.