ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF WITNESS PROTECTION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Authors

  • Guzel Karimova Institute of Law of the Federal State Budgetary Educational Institution of Higher Education “Bashkir State University”
  • Rim Karimov

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33184/pravgos-2020.1.18

Keywords:

ЗАЩИТА СВИДЕТЕЛЕЙ, ГЕНЕРАЛЬНЫЙ ПРОКУРОР, СЛУЖБА МАРШАЛОВ США, МИНИСТЕРСТВО ЮСТИЦИИ США, ФЕДЕРАЛЬНОЕ БЮРО ТЮРЕМ США

Abstract

The article examines organizational and legal aspects of the implementation of the witness protection program in the United States. Special attention is paid to activities in this area of the US Department of Justice, the US Marshals Service, which directly provide protection for witnesses and the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Some statistics on witness protection are provided. Concrete protective measures and their application in relation to the participants in criminal proceedings are considered.

References

Slate, Risdon N. The federal Witness Protection Program: its evolution and continuing growing pains / Criminal Justice Ethics. 1997. 22 Jun.

Witness security Program. URL: http:/www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_ room/usam/title9/21mcrm.htm.

Slate, Risdon N. The federal Witness Protection Program: its evolution and continuing growing pains. Criminal Justice Ethics. 1997. 22 Jun.

Witness security Program. URL: http:/www.justice.gov/usao/eousa/foia_reading_ room/usam/title9/21mcrm.htm.

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Published

2020-01-01

How to Cite

[1]
Каримова, Г. and Каримов, Р. 2020. ORGANIZATIONAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS OF WITNESS PROTECTION IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The rule-of-law state: theory and practice. 16, 1 (Jan. 2020), 162–167. DOI:https://doi.org/10.33184/pravgos-2020.1.18.

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 1 (2020)

Section

LAW OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES: PROBLEMS OF THEORY AND PRACTICE

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