Using Specialized Knowledge in Assessing the Reliability of Testimony in Criminal Proceedings: a Retrospective, Doctrinal and Practical Approach

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 165-196
Author(s):  
E. V. Noskova ◽  
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J. A. Putintseva ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Theoretical Basis ◽  
Psychological Research ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
History Of ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

Introduction. The history of the formation and development of forensic examination as an independent type of criminal procedural activity is long and very ambiguous. The patterns of its occurrence and stages of development predetermine the importance of expertology for modern law enforcement practice. The emergence and active use of new branches of scientific knowledge determine their introduction and influence on criminal proceedings, which is clearly demonstrated by the example of psychology. Theoretical Basis. Methods. The theoretical basis of the work is the scientific developments of domestic and foreign researchers devoted to the study of the possibilities and problems of using special psychological knowledge in assessing the reliability of testimony obtained in the course of pre-trial and judicial proceedings in a criminal case. Research methods – systemic, historical, logical, comparative and hermeneutic. Results. Without psychological and pedagogical special knowledge, it is impossible to imagine modern proceedings in the vast majority of criminal cases involving minors. The article provides a retrospective analysis of the application of non-legal knowledge to reveal lies in the testimony of witnesses, systematizes the experience of modern Russian law enforcement investigative and judicial practice, examines the arguments given in scientific sources and court decisions on the use of special psychological knowledge to substantiate and assess the reliability of the testimony of participants in criminal proceedings.The work examines the current capabilities of psychology and their potential for proving in the course of criminal proceedings, cites the positions of scientists who previously studied the studied complex of material and procedural problems. Discussion and Conclusion. On the basis of the available empirical experience, the author’s conclusion is formulated about the advisability of practical use in the process of proving psychological research of a teacher-psychologist aimed at identifying psychological signs of the reliability and/or unreliability of information reported by participants in criminal proceedings, especially in the process of forming a sequence and in the course of proving, formulating investigative versions, as well as in order to substantiate the conclusions of the investigator and the court with the testimony of an expert, a specialist who conducted the corresponding study. In connection with the identified problems, the necessity of preparing explanations at the departmental level of the significance and procedure for using special psychological knowledge in criminal proceedings is substantiated.

scholarly journals Ensuring Security for the Participants of Criminal Proceedings: Forensic Aspects

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (4) ◽  
pp. 73-78
Author(s):  
Т. П. Матюшкова
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Security Measures ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
State Institutions ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Scientific Principles ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Further Development

One of the urgent tasks of criminalistics has been studied – the content and elements of forensic security of the participants of criminal proceedings have been determined. Traditionally, this activity is given considerable attention in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, as well as operative and search activities. The few works of criminalists mainly reflect the problems of anonymity of interrogating the witnesses, recommendations on tactical features of the interrogation and identification by the means of videoconference. Thus, there are currently no comprehensive studies of forensic aspects of ensuring security for the participants of criminal proceedings in Ukraine. Systematization and improvement of theoretical provisions of forensic security of the participants of criminal proceedings, determining the content and elements of forensic aspects of the researched activity will facilitate both further development of forensic science and have a positive impact on investigative and judicial practice. The author has defined such forensic aspects of ensuring the security for the participants of criminal proceedings as technical and forensic, tactical and forensic, methodological and forensic. Technical and forensic aspect should cover the development and improvement of scientific principles and forensic recommendations for the application of special technical means and methods of ensuring the security of persons. The content of tactical and forensic security of the participants of criminal proceedings will be the development of scientific principles and forensic recommendations for the application of organizational measures and tactical means and methods (tactics, tactical combinations, tactical operations) during the preparation, conduction and recording of certain investigative (search) actions with the participation of persons, in respect of whom security measures are provided. Methodological and forensic security of the participants of criminal proceedings should include the development of methodical recommendations on such specific features of investigating certain types of crimes due to the security of individuals, in particular due to the interaction of law enforcement agencies in ensuring the security for the participants of criminal proceedings, the use of special knowledge, cooperation with national state institutions, law enforcement agencies of other countries, etc.

scholarly journals Basic principles of construction of methodical of criminalistic support judicial proceedings.

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 284-289
Author(s):  
Yuriy Miroshnichenko
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Basic Principles ◽  
Progressive Movement ◽  
Moral Principles ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
Scientific Substantiation ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
Principle Of Legality

The article is devoted to the formation of key principles of construction of methodical criminalistic recommendations and their complexes, designed to optimize court proceedings, including: – the principle of legality, which means full and accurate compliance with the algorithms for resolving criminalistic situations, which are formed at the stage of court proceedings, the content of current legislation, ethical norms and moral principles; – the principle of theoretical validity and practical applicability, which requires a strong scientific substantiation and proven in practice the effectiveness of the proposed odical recommendations, which take into account both positive experience and errors and shortcomings in the work of judges in criminal cases; – the principle of specificity, which provides the reality of tactical recommendations for working with evidence, the completeness and effectiveness of the developed algorithms, the certainty and accuracy of their content and its compliance with modern judicial practice, objectivity and typicality of situations faced by subjects of criminalistic activity on stage of court proceedings; – the principle of promptness, which means the optimal combination of procedural and criminalistic tools in order to achieve the overall goal of criminal proceedings and aims to develop the methodical criminalistic complexes to ensure the optimal pace of litigation, when the least time achieves the greatest effect of procedural activities; – the principle of planning (phasing), which requires that all processes, actions, operations in court proceedings, carried out on a planned basis, ensuring its progressive movement towards the strategic goal of criminal proceedings, which requires differentiation of methodical algorithms developed by criminalistics in accordance with successive stages of court proceedings; – the principle of situationality (situational conditionality), which is the priority of creating algorithms for resolving typical situations that arise at the relevant stages of the proceedings and are characteristic of all or most criminal cases, regardless of the criminal qualification of the event under investigation.

USE OF SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE DURING THE PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION OF CRIMES THAT ENCROACH ON THE NATIONAL SECURITY OF UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 109-114
Author(s):  
Oleh Batiuk ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
National Security ◽  
Criminal Group ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Psychological Knowledge ◽  
Empirical Material

The author aimed to reveal the content and forms of use of special psychological knowledge during the proceeding of interrogation in the pre-trial investigation of crimes that encroach on the nationalsecurity of Ukraine in the provisions of the scientific article. Namely, for fulfilling the intended goal, the author determines in the provisions of the scientific article that the use of special psychological knowledge at the stage of pre-trial investigation, of course, can be the great benefit for establishing the truth in the case and the lack of their wide and effective application in criminal proceedings is caused, first of all, by imperfection of the theory of use of special psychological knowledge and of legal regulation of the activity of experts and other persons with special psychological knowledge. This is resulted from primarily to vague and ambiguous theoretical definitions of the concept of special psychological knowledge, subjects, methods of use and forms of their realization. Based on the analysis of theoretical and empirical material, scientifically substantiated conceptual and categorical apparatus concerning the concept of special psychological knowledge, which are used in pre-trial investigation, is defined; the conclusions and proposals that are aimed at improving the procedural and applied aspects of practical application by law enforcement agencies are formulated by the author in the scientific article. According to the author, this will not only deepen scientific knowledge, but also will give the opportunity to use the obtained data in investigative practice, help law enforcement agencies quickly and efficiently to disclose, investigate and conduct measures to prevent of the committing crimes against national security of Ukraine. The results of the research can also be applied during the criminal proceedings, in the process of proving and evaluating evidence, during the qualifying the committed crime and establishing of circumstances mitigating of punishment. The author explored the features of the use of special psychological knowledge during the investigation of the crimes that encroach on the national security of Ukraine, which are committed by the organized criminal group.

scholarly journals Proving Corruption in the Investigative and Judicial Practice of Ukraine: Problems and Solutions

2021 ◽  
Vol 80 (1) ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
Р. Л. Степанюк ◽  
В. В. Кікінчук ◽  
М. Г. Щербаковський
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Scientific Literature ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Problems And Solutions ◽  
Factual Data

The work is based on the analysis of the scientific literature, criminal and criminal procedural legislation of Ukraine, which regulates public relations associated with the identification, detection, investigation and judicial review of cases of illegal benefit by officials, on the precedents of the European Court of Human Rights on this issue, as well as the study and summarizing the materials of 200 criminal cases on illegal benefits considered by the courts of Ukraine in 2015-2019. It has been established that proof of corruption offences in criminal proceedings is the activity of the subjects of criminal proceedings, which consists of collecting, assessing and verifying factual data in order to establish circumstances relevant to the investigation. At the same time, procedural and tactical mistakes, as well as abuses on the part of prosecution agents, which lead to deficiencies in the process of proving the guilt of officials who commit corruption offences, are very common in the practice of the Ukrainian law enforcement agencies in this area.

scholarly journals Forensic Examinations in Fraud Cases in the Field of Auto Insurance

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (3) ◽  
pp. 76-83
Author(s):  
R. N. Borovskikh
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Insurance Industry ◽  
Automobile Insurance ◽  
Road Accidents ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Auto Insurance ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Special Knowledge

The proposed article considers the possibilities of various types of expert research on criminal cases of fraud in the field of automobile insurance (CTP, CASCO). On the example of illustrative cases from the published judicial practice in criminal cases, the features of the appointment of certain types of forensic examinations, their research potential are demonstrated. Clearly shows the wide the possibility of applying special knowledge to improve the effectiveness of detecting and investigating insurance fraud committed by staging and falsifying the circumstances of road accidents. The prospects for the use of atypical forensic examinations in criminal cases of relevant crimes are shown. The article is recommended not only to employees of investigative departments of law enforcement agencies, judges and experts, but also to a wide range of readers interested in countering fraud and other crimes committed in the insurance industry.

scholarly journals Development of forensic tactics at the stage of mature science

2021 ◽  
pp. 96-1000
Author(s):  
Yu. Myroshnychenko
Keyword(s):  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Stage Of Development ◽  
Current Trends ◽  
History Of ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
Tactical Decisions ◽  
Protection Of Participants

The article completes a series of works devoted to the study of the history of forensic tactics. The author’s vision of periodization of formation and development of this section of science is given. It is concluded that the trends of the current stage of development of forensic tactics are determined by radical changes in the evidence paradigm, based on the competitive ideology of the reformed criminal process. This poses a number of urgent tasks for scientists and practitioners, including improving the tactics of interrogation, inspection, search, presentation for identification, and the development of methods for conducting new investigative actions for our judiciary, such as simultaneous interrogation of two or more persons, investigative experiment. The whole spectrum of covert (investigative) investigative actions – an institution also still unknown to the domestic criminal process – is in dire need of tactical and forensic support. The need to substantiate the expediency of expanding the cognitive boundaries of forensic tactics, extending its recommendations to the field of criminal proceedings is becoming more and more tangible. It is necessary to continue developing the theory of court situations, tactical decisions, tactics of judicial interrogation and other procedural actions. The problems of planning court proceedings, in particular in the aspect of ensuring the continuity of court proceedings, remain relevant and require further research on the basis of the provisions of the current legislation. The specific activities of the investigating judge require completely new tactical developments. There is an urgent need to develop tactical recommendations on the means of ensuring criminal proceedings, overcoming the opposition to pretrial investigation and trial of criminal cases, protection of participants in criminal proceedings. Extremely important from the standpoint of current trends in criminal justice is the development of tactical and forensic recommendations to ensure judicial proceedings on the basis of procedural agreements and other special procedures of criminal proceedings (simplified, special, etc.).

scholarly journals SUBJECT OF CRIMINALISTICS’ TACTIC: FORMATION HISTORY, CONTENTS AND TRENDS

2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 8-20
Author(s):  
V. Shepitko
Keyword(s):  
Structural Elements ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Structural Part ◽  
Psychological Science ◽  
Separate Branch ◽  
Formation History ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Psychological Knowledge

The history of the emergence of tactical beginnings in the investigation of the criminal for forensic purposes is considered and the further formation of the system of scientific knowledge in countering crime is tracked. A historical excursion to the emergence and development of criminal tactics and its role for other branches of forensic tactics has been undertaken. The formation of criminal tactics is conditioned using psychological knowledge in in the context of crime counteraction. In the genesis   of criminalistics tactics, the data of psychological science are traditionally attributed to its sources. Attention is paid to changing the subject of forensic tactics in modern conditions and the causes of such changes are determined. The content and structure of forensic tactics are conditioned by the need to provide the tactical means of various subjects (investigator, detective, prosecutor, investigative judge, parties to criminal proceedings, court, etc.). The activity approach to criminalistics tactics is proposed and the necessity of isolation of its branches (advocacy, judicial, investigative, searching) is substantiated. Forensic data should be used not only by the prosecution but also by the defense. Arguments are given regarding the need to develop the scientific provisions of advocacy tactics (defense tactics or tactics of professional defense in criminal cases) and to consider it as a separate branch of forensic tactics. The expediency of separating the responding counter-investigation tactics as a structural part of criminalistics tactics was also emphasized. The substantive side of criminalistics tactics is considered with the help of its structural elements (tactical techniques, tactical systems, tactical combinations, tactical operations, etc.). Changes in the legal field, the model of criminal proceedings, the “revision” of traditional criminal law institutions and the process have a significant impact on the content of criminalistics tactics.

Features of the Use of Computer-Technical Expertise in Order to Provide an Evidence Base in Criminal Proceedings

2021 ◽  
pp. 71-76
Author(s):  
O. D. Ratnikova ◽  
V. V. Kharin ◽  
O. S. Matorina
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Evidence Base ◽  
Innocent Person ◽  
Technical Expertise ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Expert Opinions ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
Modern Information

The process of investigating crimes committed with the use of modern information technologies is inherently connected with the need to attract specialists from expert organizations with special knowledge and qualifications. In order to form an evidence base in the criminal proceedings of the area under consideration and a comprehensive review of cases, the conclusion of a specialist conducting computer-technical expertise is significant. The scientifically based conclusions of the expert opinion allow us to fully restore the logical chain of circumstances and establish the mechanism of committing a crime, as well as to prove the fact of committing a criminal act, or to justify an innocent person in committing a crime. The relevance of the topic of the article is due to the growth of crimes with the use of modern information technologies. Based on the results of the theoretical analysis and study of judicial practice in criminal cases related to the use of information technologies, the authors consider the features of the investigation of cases and the significance of the results of expert opinions in sentencing. The features of the use of computer-technical expertise in order to provide an evidence base in criminal proceedings are determined.

scholarly journals Metamorphoses of an Adversarial Nature of Criminal Proceedings in Cases of Judicial Review

Lex Russica ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 44-62
Author(s):  
S. V. Burmagin
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Judicial Review ◽  
Burden Of Proof ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Interested Party ◽  
Criminal Process ◽  
Judicial Proceedings ◽  
The Subject

An adversarial nature of any judicial proceedings, which is characteristic of justice and corresponds to its nature, is revealed in criminal proceedings not only in criminal cases, but also in so called cases of judicial review exercised during pre-trial proceedings. In the present paper the features of adversarial construction of judicial review proceedings in the Russian criminal process are investigated in the context of the purpose and subject of judicial review at pre-trial stages. The author has analyzed the specifics of the conflict relationship, the essence of the legal dispute and the subject composition of the procedural parties in cases of judicial review, as well as the peculiarities of initiating the judicial review proceedings and distribution of the burden of proof between the parties; reveals the transformation of the procedural roles of the main participants of the adversarial proceedings when the disputed issue is transfered from the main proceedings in the criminal case for consideration in the procedure of judicial review within the framework of separate proceedings. The paper also elucidates such features characteristic for certain forms of judicial review as involvement of third parties having their own interest in the judicial review case and restriction of participation in the court session of the interested party. The paper focuses on the problem of ambiguous (from the standpoint of the principle of adversariality) procedural status of the prosecutor in judicial and review proceedings in which independent parties are the investigator and (or) the head of the investigative body. Alternative options for elimination of the problem discussed above are proposed. It is concluded that in the course of normative regulation of judicial review procedures and law enforcement, it is necessary to take into account the specifics of cases of judicial review and the originality of manifestation of adversarial foundation in such cases.

scholarly journals SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE IN CRIMINAL CASES: LEGISLATIVE, DOCTRINAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT ASPECTS

2017 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 155-166
Author(s):  
O. S. Pashutina ◽  
I. N. Chebotareva
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Federal Law ◽  
Criminal Proceedings ◽  
Criminal Cases ◽  
Forensic Expertise ◽  
Special Knowledge ◽  
The Russian Federation

A counsel at law has broad advocacy authority to use specialized knowledge in criminal proceedings, which is one of the hallmarks of the adversarial process, in which the officials conducting criminal proceedings are confronted by a defense endowed with all legal arrangements to adjudicate the rights and legitimate interests of the suspected offenders and accused. The paper discusses procedural and non-procedural possibilities for a counsel at law to use the special knowledge in criminal proceedings through forensic expertise and the involvement of a specialist in that field. The author explains why activities of the counsel at law and of these two specialists in criminal cases are inextricably linked and mutually refer to each other. A counsel at law realizes his rights to participate in forensic expertise asking a specialist for help when appointing a forensic expertise, analyzing the expert's conclusion, applying for an additional or repeated expertise and summoning an expert to give evidence. Violation of the counsel at law rights in the process of the forensic expertise may be grounds for the recognition of the evidence inadmissible and cancel the procedural decision. The authors analyze a legal regulation of the counsel’s at law procedural possibilities on participating in a forensic expertise and on involving a specialist, taking into account changes in the Code of Criminal Procedure, introduced by Federal Law No. 73-FZ of April 17, 2017. The authors also summarize the practice of the Constitutional Court of the Russian Federation and the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on problem issues arising in the process of implementation by the counsel’s at law rights granted by law. The article reveals ambiguity of the existing law enforcement practice and contradictory positions worked out by the highest judicial instances.

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