Crime scene investigation involving the Expert Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Police: Selected issues

Authors

  • Volodymyr ATAMANCHUK National Academy of Internal Affairs https://orcid.org/0009-0004-7952-7485
  • Oleh KRAVCHUK Department of Criminal Law and Procedure, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytskyi University of Management and Law, Khmelnytskyi, Ukraine.
  • Yurii CHECHIL Department of Forensic Support and Examination, Educational and Scientific Institute No. 2, National Academy of Internal Affairs, Kyiv
  • Lesia TALIANCHUK Department of Forensic Research, Division of Handwriting and Documents Technical Examination, Vinnytsia Scientific Research Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Vinnytsia, Ukraine. And, Department of Law, Vinnytsia Institute of Trade and Economics, Kyiv National University of Trade and Economics, Vinnytsia,
  • Vasyl HOLOBOTOVSKYI Department of Forensic Research, Transcarpathian State Scientific Research and Forensic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Uzhhorod

Keywords:

forensic expert, interaction, pre-trial investigation bodies, operational search activities, criminal proceedings

Abstract

The purpose of study is to establish the main features in the interaction and joint participation of specialists of the National Police of Ukraine and the Expert Service of the Ministry of internal affairs of Ukraine in the implementation of an inspection of the scene of an illegal act, as well as determining the real state of their functioning and problems that arise during such interaction. Among the methods used to study this topic are dialectical method, formalisation method, law-recognising method, formal-legal method, and others. The results of this article are the definition and establishment of the characteristics and features of interaction and joint participation of the National Police of Ukraine and the Expert Service of Ukraine during the inspection of the scene of the committed crime; characterised the units of the Expert Service that are involved in the implementation of the inspection of the scene of the committed criminal act.

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2023-06-13

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Volodymyr ATAMANCHUK, Oleh KRAVCHUK, Yurii CHECHIL, Lesia TALIANCHUK, & Vasyl HOLOBOTOVSKYI. (2023). Crime scene investigation involving the Expert Service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Police: Selected issues. Revista Jurídica Portucalense, 250–265. Retrieved from https://revistas.rcaap.pt/juridica/article/view/28846

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Revista Jurídica Portucalense nº 33 (2023)

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