Peculiarities of using visual means of information and analytical activity in legal and law enforcement sphere

The article considers the peculiarities of the use of modern information-analytical programs with visualization capabilities, which allow law enforcement officers to provide the most relevant information for the analysis of relations between people, organizations and information flows between criminals and organized criminal organizations. The use of modern information systems and software is necessary for the investigation of murders, money laundering, theft of property, cyber fraud and other crimes. The specifics of the analysis using the possibilities of modern methods practiced by law enforcement and special bodies of the leading countries of the world are given. Problems of visual display of information-analytical processes at the analysis of various procedures of legal character are considered. Approaches to visualization of the analysis of the course and control of investigations of various character in law enforcement and other spheres are considered. There is a description of different options for the use of visualization of information and analytical actions, such tools as: intelligence maps (Mind Maps), graphs “event-time”, process flowcharts, diagrams “Perth” and other tools. The use in information and analytical work of visualization tools implemented with the help of information technology is relevant for use in law enforcement and the legal field. In the legal field, the development of service software and analytical software with visualization differs in that software packages are less complex and cover only certain types of work, which does not reduce their practical significance and viability. Developed software can be used in the field of artificial intelligence (expert systems), methods of pattern recognition theory and other research using information technology and mathematical methods. To work with such new technologies it is necessary to involve qualified specialists with relevant knowledge of the application of modern software in professional activities