Comparative characteristics of the activities of a forensic specialist and a forensic investigator

Abstract

The article is devoted to the use of special knowledge in the investigation of crimes, the activities of a specialist criminalist, a forensic investigator, and a comparative description of their activities in the investigation of crimes. In the context of criminalization of society, which leads to the emergence of new types of crimes, more sophisticated ways to commit them and conceal them using sophisticated technical means, insufficient attention is obviously paid to the use of special knowledge, including forensic knowledge, carried out in both procedural and non-procedural forms, the tasks of using scientific and technical means and methods for the prevention, detection and investigation of crimes. Proper use of all forms of specialized knowledge will make more effective evidence that will serve to resolve the case in the future. The article is aimed at a forensic study of the features of the use of forensic knowledge in the detection and investigation of crimes. The article is based on the activities of the preliminary investigation bodies aimed at using special knowledge in the course of criminal proceedings, criminalistic patterns of typical situations involving knowledgeable persons in the investigation of crimes. The purpose of the research in the article is the criminalistic activity of a specialist criminalist and a forensic investigator in the detection and investigation of crimes.