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 ...
Opportunities for Using Data on the Perpetrator in Human Trafficking Investigations
... perpetrated by organized transnational criminal groups (organizations). Consequently, law enforcement agencies face certain challenges in detecting, investigating, and preventing these crimes. Addressing these issues can be facilitated by the competent use of criminalistic characteristics by law enforcement personnel. The aim of this study is to analyze the practice of investigating criminal cases of human trafficking and to examine the element of the criminalistic characteristics of human trafficking, specifically ...
Procedural and forensic ensuring the reliability of identification results
... 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 that exclude visual observation by the identifier are examined. The essence of presenting individuals for identification is defined as an independent investigative action,...
Forensic characteristics of creation, use and distribution of malicious computer programs
... based on digital evidence databases, and the design of specialized software in the form of decision support systems used, for example, in the formulation of investigative hypotheses and planning of investigations.
cybercrime, malicious software, criminalistic characteristics of crimes, digital model of crime, digital twin, digital forensics, artificial intelligence
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10.5922/ vestnikhum-2025-2-2
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...
The specificities of healthcare corruption offences during the Covid-19 pandemic
... help we can not only significantly expand the range of detected crimes, but also to develop a set of measures aimed at preventing corrupt practices in medicine. Practical importance of the study lies in the possibility of using its results to form the criminalistics of corruption crimes committed in the health sector, considering the features arising under the influence of various crisis phenomena in this area.
On the 20th anniversary of the Department of criminal procedure, criminology and legal Informatics of the I. Kant Baltic Federal University
... 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 Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University): providing direct educational and educational impact on students (bachelors, masters, postgraduates); managing research and extending methodological ...
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.
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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 ...
Значение криминалистической модели в процессе формирования криминалистических версий
... correlation between the process of creating an ideal model of crime and the process of developing a lead. The definition and types of forensic models are considered. The article presents the author’s perspective on the problem of comparison of the criminalistic version and criminalistics model.
1. Штофф В. А. Моделирование и философия. М. ; Л., 1966.
2. Волчецкая Т. С. Современные проблемы моделирования в криминалистике ...
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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