The textbook sets out the theoretical and methodological foundations of forensic science, discloses the content of forensic techniques and tactics, methods of solving crimes. The textbook meets the requirements for training highly qualified specialists.
For students, graduate students and teachers of law schools. The tutorial can also be helpful for workers law enforcement.
Attempts to use the achievements of science and technology in solving and investigating crimes were made for a long time, but only in the second half of the 19th century. scientific and technical means began to be actively used in the activities of law enforcement agencies.
Complex scientific positions, which laid the foundation for the formation of an independent science, was called "criminalistics". This was the result of the publication in 1898 of the book of the Austrian investigator (later - professor) Hans Gross "A guide for forensic investigators as a system of forensic science". G. Gross formed the name of the emerging science from latin word"Crimen", which means "accusation", "guilt", "crime".
Table of contents
Accepted abbreviations 12
Section I INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINALISM
Chapter 1. Concept, subject, tasks and methods of forensic science 14
1.1. Concept and subject of forensic science 14
1.2. Forensic Challenges 16
1.3. The system of forensic science and its place in the system of scientific knowledge 17
1.4. Forensic Techniques 22
Chapter 2. Forensic identification and diagnostics 25
2.1. The concept and meaning of forensic identification 25
2.2. Scientific basis of forensic identification 27
2.3. Objects of forensic identification 31
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