Making Decisions by Crime Detection Officers when Reference Points

Authors: Chumanov Yu. V., Lebedev I. B.

Citation: Chumanov Yu. V., Lebedev I. B. Making Decisions by Crime Detection Officers when Reference Points  of Search are Indefinite. Psychopedagogy in Law Enforcement. No 3(74). 2018. Pp. 17–22. DOI: 10.24411/1999-6241-2018-13003.

Для цитирования: Чуманов Ю. В., Лебедев И. Б. Принятие решения сотрудниками уголовного розыска в ситуациях неопределенности ориентиров поиска // Психопедагогика в правоохранительных органах. 2018. № 3(74). С. 17–22. DOI: 10.24411/1999-6241-2018-13003.

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Abstract

The authors consider psychological peculiarities of making decisions by crime detection officers when performing professional  tasks with indefinite reference points of the search. The problem of decision-making is studied from different psychological aspects.  The article describes types of the decisions and their brief classification, outlines the importance of making decisions when performing  professional tasks related to crime detection. There is a typology of situations of indefinite reference points of search arising in crime  detection officers’ professional activity with regard to the range of informational abundance in a certain type of situations. It is proved  reasonable to study decision-making when reference points of search are indefinite. The article contains main prerequisites to  experimental research of the problem under study.

Keywords: decision-making, indefinite reference points of the search;, crime detection, intuition, professional activity.

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Submitted: 11.02.2018