{"title":"On Some Aspects of Applying the Methods of Forensic Portrait Examination When Identifying People from Their Artistic Portraits","authors":"A. Zinin","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-36-45","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-36-45","url":null,"abstract":"The article considers the experience of researching the works of fine art in situations of recourse to specialists in the field of forensic portrait examinations when deciding on the attribution of works in cases when art historians do not solve these issues. The study of the physical features of the depicted persons using the method of portrait identification allows to establish the identity of the characters on the painting. The author also demonstrates the specifics of the methodology of such studies.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":"113 37","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139614363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"From the History of Criminalistics: Antonio Maria Cospi (1560–1635)","authors":"S. N. Khaziev","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-65-71","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-65-71","url":null,"abstract":"When describing the history of modern forensic science and practice, the vast majority of scientific and educational publications deservedly note the crucial role of the Austrian forensic investigator and Professor Hans Gross, who wrote and published «Guide for forensic investigators as a system of forensic science» in 1893. However, long before Hans Gross, a book by the Florentine criminal judge Antonio Maria Cospi, «The Judge-Criminalist», was published in Italy in 1643. In some Latin American and Italian publications devoted to the history of criminalistics, there are references to this book, but no descriptions of its contents or information about the author are given. This article makes an attempt to pay tribute to Kospi’s contribution to the formation and development of criminalistics.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":"93 17","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139526174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On Some Aspects of the Participation of Experts and Specialists in Criminal Proceedings in the Republic of Kazakhstan","authors":"K. K. Seitenov, A. Z. Saken","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-72-81","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-72-81","url":null,"abstract":"The article considers particular reasons for the start of a pre-trial investigation, which are associated with the participation of persons having specialized knowledge in the proceedings.By using a number of methods of cognition of the circumstances of reality, the authors identify the issues that require resolution at the intersectoral level. Among the problematic aspects that cause the violation of citizens’ rights, there is a premature start of the pre-trial investigation, which is also due to the inconsistency and unreliability of the conclusions of experts and specialists involved both before and during the pre-trial investigation.To improve the studied sphere of public relations, proposals are made on overcoming of organizational and legal shortcomings of operational investigative activities, reasons for starting a pre-trial investigation, as well as filling the gaps in the current legislation, in terms of bringing experts and specialists to administrative and criminal responsibility.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":"77 12","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139526372","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Patent and Technical Forensic Examination","authors":"Yu. V. Grigor’ev","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-46-55","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-46-55","url":null,"abstract":"The article provides recommendations based on the author’s personal experience on conducting patent and technical forensic examination of inventions and utility models. It complements the recently published educational and methodological manual, which highlights the legal norms and practical aspects of patent and technical expertise. The main sections of the article are devoted to the prevention of procedural violations, ensuring the sustainability of conclusions and are accompanied by a number of practical examples.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":"8 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139525861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Essence of Forensic Expert’s Specialized Knowledge and Feasibility of Its Differentiation","authors":"B. M. Bishmanov, G. G. Omel’yanyuk","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-56-64","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-56-64","url":null,"abstract":"The article presents an analysis of the terms «knowledgeable persons» and «forensic expert». Based on the historical analysis of the activities of the «knowledgeable persons» figure and the «expert» figure, a logical sequence of concepts has been established: knowledge – science – knowledgeable persons – knowledgeable persons’ specialized knowledge – expert knowledge – forensic expert’s specialized knowledge – specialized knowledge in an expert specialty – a forensic expert. The authors consider the criteria for differentiating forensic expert’s specialized knowledge into: «expert knowledge», «forensic expert knowledge», «specialized knowledge in an expert specialty». They also propose to distinguish «specialized knowledge» as a legal category. In this case, «forensic expert’s specialized knowledge» is seen as expert knowledge as a result of obtaining forensic expert education and experience in conducting forensic examinations within the framework of its specific type, as well as specialized knowledge in an expert specialty (a specific expert specialty is indicated), which should be understood as expert knowledge, skills and abilities acquired during the development of a specific expert specialty and the subsequent acquisition of professional experience in the production of forensic examinations of a specific type. The feasibility of differentiating forensic expert’s specialized knowledge is analyzed, considering the type of forensic examination in which he specializes. A classification of the names of forensic experts is proposed based on differences in the expertise required to produce a certain kind of forensic examinations.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":"102 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139614669","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Study of Spontaneity and Preparedness of Oral Speech in Forensic Linguistics: To the Formulation of the Problem","authors":"T. V. Berdnikova","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-6-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-6-11","url":null,"abstract":"The article considers different approaches to the study of spontaneity and readiness of speech – in linguistics and forensic linguistics.In linguistics, there are two directions of studying the spontaneity and preparedness of sounding speech: the study of the speech flow as a whole and the analysis of speech by language levels. In the first case, the main attention is paid to the ontogenesis of speech thinking, the formation of a person’s communicative competence, as well as the mechanisms of speech generation. In the level-by-level analysis of oral speech, the study of the phonetic level of the language occupies a leading place, while research at other levels of the language is presented unsystematically. In the practice of forensic examination, gradations of sounding speech are determined according to the criterion «prepared speech – unprepared speech». The parameters that are taken into account in the study of sounding speech for the identification of signs of preparedness and spontaneity are established: type (form) of speech; genre in which the speech is performed; age of the speaker; the speaker’s level of education, his professional activity, social status; parameters of the communicative situation: the addresser and the addressee, the relationship between the speaker and the listener, the tone of communication, the purpose, means of communication, the place of communication, etc.; the nature of communication.The author of the present article attempts to develop possible directions for the study of sounding speech in order to determine its spontaneity and preparedness.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":"115 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139616237","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Cognitive Activity of the Forensic Expert: Basic Forms of Thinking and the Problem of Comprehension","authors":"A. Butyrin","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-12-22","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-4-12-22","url":null,"abstract":"The essence of the forensic activities is the research performed by a knowledgeable person. The basis for such research is his process of thinking. The article addresses the main forms of thinking which are involved in the professional training of an expert and his subsequent practice: analytical, synthesizing, logical, theoretical, empirical, intuitive irrational, rational and comprehension. The application of various forms of thinking is analyzed using examples from the work of forensic construction experts.The author demonstrates that a forensic expert should have a clear idea of how to consciously organize his ideas related to professional activity applying some self-control. This is necessary to ensure a clear structure and a strict, logically verified sequence of mental operations performed during research and within the framework of forensic activities. Higher level thinking paves a shorter and more reliable path to understanding the cognitive problems an expert is facing.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":" 908","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139617674","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"On the Question of the Applicability of Artificial Intelligence Systems to Forensic Examination of Documents and Their Requisites","authors":"A. F. Kupin, A. S. Kovalenko","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-4-28-35","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-4-28-35","url":null,"abstract":"The article describes the possibilities of applying artificial intelligence systems used in a number of tasks arising in the course of law enforcement activities and also beyond them. The author gives examples of solving identification, prediction, and detection problems that are successfully solved using such systems. Based on the analysis of the principles of the construction and functioning of the neural network, which forms the basis of artificial intelligence, as an abstract model created to solve a specific problem, the capabilities of neural networks as a whole are revealed, and thus the features of working with them are demonstrated. The procedure and principles of operation of convolutional neural networks are described and, using their example, the results that can be achieved during forensic handwriting and technical forensic examinations of documents, as well as studies conducted within the framework of forensic expert activities, in particular, the identification of signs of technical forgery of documents (installation, erasure, additions, finishing) are indicated, establishing the facts of the execution of several signatures or handwritten records by one or different performers, establishing the original content of the records, fragments of which have been partially lost or distorted. The prospects and significance of convolutional neural networks are revealed, the use of which in the expert research process makes it possible to increase the scientific validity and objectivity of the conclusions of forensic examination and, thereby, creates prerequisites for increasing its role in proving facts of importance.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":" 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-01-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139624167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Актуальные вопросы, судебной экспертизы, спиртосодержащих жидкостей, V. V. Egorova
{"title":"Topical Issues of Forensic Analysis of Non-Industrialy Manufactured Alcohol-Containing Liquids","authors":"Актуальные вопросы, судебной экспертизы, спиртосодержащих жидкостей, V. V. Egorova","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-2023-2-6-11","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-2-6-11","url":null,"abstract":"The article discusses the issues related to improving the efficiency of joint operation of investigation, inquiry, experts, and prosecutors in investigating alcohol-containing liquids produced by non-industrial manufacturing method. The authors draw attention to the consistently high percentage of the non-industrial alcoholic beverages in the total number of objects submitted for analysis. Such liquids legally are not considered alcoholic products, so the presence of legal conflicts and gaps in the current legislation regulating the production and circulation of ethyl alcohol, alcoholic and spiritcontaining products in Russia, leads to difficulties in qualifying offenses and holding perpetrators accountable, as well as to additional expert examinations and longer investigation periods. The authors also provide some examples from expert practice.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":"5 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129071587","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Artificial Intelligence in Criminalistics and Forensic Examination: Issues of Legal Personality and Algorithmic Bias","authors":"A. V. Kokin, Y. D. Denisov","doi":"10.30764/1819-2785-2023-2-30-37","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-2-30-37","url":null,"abstract":"Active development and implementation of artificial intelligence technologies (AI) in various spheres of human activity have started the processes of qualitative change in public relations. This fact necessitates the development of legal and technical standards to regulate AI technologies. In this regard, the most controversial issue is the recognition of AI personality. The analysis of various opinions on the matter shows the lack of a consolidated approach in the existing legal doctrine. Creating the legal status for AI systems would provide for several options depending on its type and purpose – from technical means to the status of an “electronic personality” and recognition as a full-fledged subject of law. Considering the specifics of criminalistics and forensic examination, it is better to position AI systems as technical means. Machine learning is considered a form of AI. It is the use of mathematical data models that enables computer training through specialized algorithms and training data. Algorithms can create or reproduce distortions and inaccuracies unintentionally embedded in the training data, which causes the manifestation of algorithmic bias. To eliminate bias of algorithms it is necessary to pay attention to the quality of training data. The author has developed special methods to prepare such data, which are presented in this article in relation to ballistic identification systems. Also, one of the elements of system technical solutions to the problem of bias of AI algorithms is the development of standards for minimizing unjustified bias in algorithmic solutions.","PeriodicalId":300595,"journal":{"name":"Theory and Practice of Forensic Science","volume":"9 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133083667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}