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Article Formation of the Doctrine of Criminalistics and Forensic Science in Ukraine: the Way to a Unified European Criminalistic Space
Authors VALERIY SHEPITKO
Name of magazine Legal journal «Law of Ukraine» (Ukrainian version)
Issue 2 / 2022
Pages 76 - 90
Annotation

Formation, development and use of criminalistic knowledge are researched in the format of a unified science of Criminalistics, as well as individual branches of Forensic Science and Forensic activity. Long-term use of advanced in science and technology in combating crime raises questions about doctrinal approaches in the study of Criminalistics, other Forensic Science and Forensic Examination.

Today, Criminalistics in Ukraine has changed the vector of its development and there is a trend to bring Criminalistics and Forensic Science closer to a unified European criminalistic space. The role of Ukrainian public non-governmental organizations of criminalists and their interaction with national associations and societies of European countries is important in the development of Criminalistics and Forensic Science.

There is also a tendency in Criminalistics and Forensic Science to use advanced technologies, methods and tools that are based on the appropriate balance of security and freedom, the application of standards of evidence in criminal proceedings, providing criminalistic knowledge of various subjects of criminal proceedings.

The article is devoted to the importance of forming the terminology of Criminalistics and the development of criminalistis theory – the doctrine of the language of Criminalistics. In modern conditions in the structure of Crimnalistics traced the necessity to separate an independent section – the strategy of Criminalistics as a promising area.

During the study, the peculiarities of the emergence and formation of new branches of Criminalistics in the global world and the European space (digital, aerospace, nuclear and other) were considered. The paper identifies the place and trends in the formation of Digital and Nuclear forensics in the structure of criminalistic theory and Forensic Science.

 

Keywords criminalistics; forensic sciences; forensic examination; doctrine of criminalistics; doctrine of forensic science; digital criminalistics; nuclear forensics; trends of criminalistics; criminalistic strategy
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Theses

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