The Development of a Criminalistics Theory in Russia and the United States: A Comparative Analysis
Drawing on a comparative analysis of current research and academic literature published in Russia and the United States, I describe the stages of the development of forensic science in the two countries. I analyse the structure and major areas of modern criminalistics. Special attention is paid to the relevant philosophical and methodological framework and the functions of forensic science. I give a detailed account of Russian and US scholars’ approaches to the nature, subject, and object of criminalistics...
Procedural and forensic ensuring the reliability of identification results
The article discusses the most significant issues of legal regulation and forensic support for the identification of living persons carried out within the framework of pre-trial proceedings. Empirical materials illustrating typical mistakes made during this procedure are provided. The authors also emphasize the necessity of working with the recognized individuals during the identification process. Examples of procedural and criminalistic errors in presenting individuals for identification in conditions...
Criminalistic characteristics of organized credit fraudster groups
Due to the rapid criminalization of credit relations and the widespread theft of bank loans, committed mainly by groups of fraudsters, the forensic science faces a serious problem of developing an effective method for investigating crimes of this nature. The method must include recommendations for identifying signs of complicity, defining the group of people involved in the theft, their arrest and proof of guilt. At the same time, the research of this kind is impossible without the study of typical...
Simplified methodology for investigating crimes
The article describes the system of methods of investigating crimes as a well-established form in the history of criminalistics. The success of the investigation of crimes depends on a comprehensive, objective examination of the circumstances of crimes, and on the correct choice of the mechanisms for proving the person's guilt. All these elements are united in the concept of the methodology for investigating crimes and have a certain content, depending on the type of the crime committed. The author...
Criminalisation of economic offences
... отдельные законодательные акты Российской Федерации : федер. закон Рос. Федерации от 21.07.2014 г. № 277-ФЗ // СЗ РФ. 2014. № 30 (ч. 1), ст. 4278.
Pleshkov M.
criminal policy, criminalisation, decriminalisation, crimes in the sphere of economic activity
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Political extremism in Russia: The criminalistic aspects (through the example of the North Caucasian region)
This article deals with political extremism as a sociopolitical phenomenon and analyses the components of this wide-spread phenomenon in modern Russia. The author examines the crimnalistic description of political extremism.
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Политический экстремизм в молодежной среде // Материалы...
Confiscation Estonian style: legal and political aspects of potential seizure of Russian assets in EU countries
... offences related to the violation of Union restrictive measures.
Finally, in December 2022, the Commission presented a draft directive on criminal liability for violation of Union restrictive measures.<16> The directive provides framework rules for criminalising acts related to the violation of Union restrictive measures and formulates liability for their commission. According to the draft directive, such acts include the provision of funds and property to a person in violation of the sanctions ...
The specificities of healthcare corruption offences during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Constitution of the Russian Federation guarantees every citizen the right to health protection and medical care. The practical exercising of these rights depends on the productive work of the healthcare system and the efforts of the state to maintain and develop it. Corruption in the medical environment continues to be a frequent phenomenon, creating a barrier to equal access of patients to medical care and related services, reducing the effectiveness of medical institutions, leading to waste...
On the situation of crimes related to drug trafficking in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
Crimes related to drug trafficking present a serious problem to modern society. Since 1986, comprehensive reforms have been carried out in the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV) in all spheres of life, including politics, economy, culture, etc., to create and develop market economy and the rule of law in the country. High crime rate poses a significant danger to the state. Drug trafficking is one of the most serious crimes in Ho Chi Minh, Hanoi and the Vietnamese border provinces. The author analyses...
On the 20th anniversary of the Department of criminal procedure, criminology and legal Informatics of the I. Kant Baltic Federal University
The modern stage of education development is characterized by new approaches to the departmental activities in the leading universities of Russia, changes in the evaluation of the activities’ outcomes, the functions of departmental heads. The purpose of the research was to focus on some certain activity features of the research departments at the University (the study was conducted using the materials of the Criminal Procedure, Criminalistics and Law Informational Science Department of...
The Amber Industry: Development Сhallenges and Combating Amber Trafficking in the Baltic Region
This article considers the current state and prospective development of the amber industry in the Baltic Sea region. The authors identify the main obstacles to the industry’s development in Russia — poor pricing mechanisms for raw amber, an imbalance between supply and demand, a slow pace of technological modernisation, and a delayed introduction of new technologies and processing techniques. The authors identify gaps in the regulatory framework and highlight problems of legal regulation and...
Criminalistic characteristics of crimes committed by intoxicated minors
Characteristic features of crimes committed by intoxicated minors (as an object of forensic investigation) present an interesting area of research for both practitioners and scholars. These characteristic features include the following ones: data about the type, mechanism, and the setting of a crime (place, time, conditions), as well as the necessary information about the perpetrator and the victim.
1. Архив Ленинградского районного суда г. Калининграда...
Situational approach in the prosecution in intended bodily harm cases
This article discusses the role of forensic situation studies in examining court situations. The author's classification of typical situations arising during the trial of cases of willful grievous bodily harm is presented. The specific elements of the state charge by the prosecutor in the trial court are analyzed.
1. Волчецкая Т. С. Криминалистическая ситуалогия. Калининград, 1997.
2. Волчецкая Т. С. Современные направления...
Forensic aspects of criminal process participants using mediation procedures: The role of the situational approach
This article stresses that the reconciliation of the parties in criminal proceedings with the participation of a mediator is an important mechanism of the institution of restorative justice. The author considers the forensic aspects of using mediation procedures, classifies subjects of mediation, and describes the role of the situational approach. Special attention is paid to the tactical aspects of these procedures and the classifications of mediation situations.
1. Анишина В. И., Артемов...
Значение криминалистической модели в процессе формирования криминалистических версий
Анализируется взаимосвязь между процессами создания мысленной модели преступления и построения версии. Рассматриваются понятие и виды криминалистических моделей. Излагается авторская позиция по вопросу о соотношении криминалистической версии и криминалистической модели...
Preventing Errors in Formation of Interrogatee’s Situational Attitude
The article examines the errors and their prevention by the formation of the interrogatee’s situational attitude in the process of communicative interaction with the investigator in the course of an interrogation.
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Криминалистическая интерпретация сущности, содержания и понятия следственных ошибок // Современные проблемы эффективности...
An escape from the embrace of politics. A study into the cultures of remembrance as a means to encourage a historical dialogue in Lithuanian-Russian relations
... this space. Outlining the strategies specific to the prevailing cultures of remembrance in contemporary Russia and Lithuania, the author addresses the issue of their proper relationship, as well as that of the appropriateness of historical policy. The criminalisation of certain evaluations of the past and the academic dialogue between historians are regarded as two opposite extremes of historical policy actually existing in the Lithuanian-Russian communication space. The author stresses that research ...