The Use of Special Knowledge in Russian Criminal Proceedings: The Procedural Aspect

Abstract

The article explores the problems of using special knowledge in Russian criminal proceedings. The Anglo-Saxon and continental models of the involvement of scientific experts in the process are evaluated in world practice and on this basis the relevant provisions of domestic legislation are analyzed. Problems of a criminal procedural nature that arose after the introduction of the figure of a specialist and such type of evidence as “conclusion and testimony of a specialist” are revealed. A number of recommendations are being prepared to solve these problems and create conditions for the fullest use of special knowledge in the criminal process of Russia.