POSSIBILITIES OF USING FORENSIC RECORDS DURING CRIMINAL OFFENSES INVESTIGATION

Ihor PYRIH, Serhii PROKOPOV

PYRIH I., PROKOPOV S. (2023), POSSIBILITIES OF USING FORENSIC RECORDS DURING CRIMINAL OFFENSES INVESTIGATION, Scientific Bulletin of Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs, № 1, 245-251

DOI: 10.31733/2078-3566-2023-1-245-251

 

ABSTRACT. The article focuses on the practical use of forensic records in the investigation of criminal offenses. Attention is focused on the use of operational-search and information-reference records to solve identification and diagnostic tasks of the investigation. The peculiarities of using certain types of records to solve specific tasks of the investigation at the initial and subsequent stages of the investigation are considered, depending on the tasks of the investigation and the investigative situation that has developed at a certain stage of the investigation.

At various stages of the investigation, the investigator has to solve a number of tasks of a diagnostic nature: putting forward versions; establishment of signs of the suspect, his place of possible appearance; establishing the mechanism of committing the crime; goals and motives, etc. Identification tasks also need to be solved, consisting in the identification of: the identity of the suspect; traces of hacking tools, shoes, vehicles, etc. These tasks are performed by the complex use of records for informational reference and search purposes.

It was concluded that the information contained in forensic records is used throughout the investigation. The types of forensic records that need to be used, the amount of necessary information is determined by the investigator depending on the investigative situation and the availability of factual data that are in the materials of the criminal proceedings at the moment. The success of the entire investigation depends on the skillful and prompt use of information contained in forensic records.

Keywords: criminal proceedings, forensic records, investigator, investigation stages, typical investigative situations, information systems.

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