Integrating Scientific and Technical Achievements into Forensic Expert Activity: Procedural Aspect


Keywords: specific expertise; forensic examination; criminalistics; criminal proceedings; integration processes; digital transformation; evidentiary basis; objective truth; pre-trial investigation; procedural status of forensic expert; multidisciplinary forensic examination; customs legislation.

Abstract

The Article Purpose is a comprehensive analysis of the current “Theory and Practice of Forensic Science and Criminalistics” Research Paper Collection considering the issue of integrating specific expertise into court proceedings. The importance of the role of specific expertise in ensuring the efficiency, lawfulness, and objectivity of forensic expert activity is undeniable. That is why the editor-in-chief highlighted procedural forms in which integration processes occurr. In the scholarly contributions to this issue, both international and Ukrainian authors address numerous pressing issues within the forensic domain—encompassing theoretical aspects (notably, the concept of expectations in law and criminalistics, as well as challenges arising from the global digital transformation of society) and practical dimensions (such as specifics of terminal and external ballistics of damaging elements, conduct of multidisciplinary forensic psychological and linguistic examinations, significance of specific expertise in investigating criminal offenses perpetrated by professional participants in court proceedings)—while proposing ways for their resolution

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2025-12-31
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Simakova-Yefremian, E. (2025). Integrating Scientific and Technical Achievements into Forensic Expert Activity: Procedural Aspect. Theory and Practice of Forensic Science and Criminalistics, 41(4), 5-12. https://doi.org/10.32353/khrife.4.2025.01

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