Tataryn I. Ensuring of compensation for damage caused by a criminal offence at pre-trial inquiry.

The paper analyzes the current legislation and scientific viewpoints as to compensation for the damage ensuring, caused by a criminal offence at the pretrial inquiry. The concept, essence, legal nature, value as well as types of damage and ways of ensuring its compensation to the victim are clarified. The basic law - making and law enforcement issues of criminal procedural provision of victim’s right to compensation for the damage caused by the crime are highlighted. The author reveals the essence of open and covert investigative procedures, their role in ensuring compensation for the damage caused by criminal offence at the pretrial inquiry as well as the nature and forms of interaction of the preliminary investigative bodies with special operation units. Weaknesses and shortcomings in special operationy units activity aimed at compensation for the damage ensuring are pointed out; ways of their overcoming are presented. 19 Theoretical viewpoints and practical recommendations on improving the current Criminal Procedure legislation and its application in law enforcement practice as to providing damage compensation to the criminal offence victim are substantiated.