SOME ASPECTS OF TECHNICAL-CRIMINALISTIC SUPPORT OF THE INVESTIGATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES RELATED TO THE USE OF EXPLOSIVE MATERIALS

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to carry out a comprehensive analysis of the features of technical and forensic support
for the investigation of criminal offenses related to the use of explosive materials, to provide relevant recommendations.
Methodology. The methodological basis of the investigated problems is the dialectical method. A variety of general
scientific and special methods of scientific knowledge were also applied, in particular, the characteristics of various
types of technical means were clarified by comparative method; system-structural classification features of technical
means are determined by the method of their application. Scientific novelty. The classification of technical and
forensic means and methods of research of explosive materials according to their functional purpose is proposed.
Conclusions. It has been established that technical and forensic means should be understood as devices, materials,
as well as techniques, methods, methods of their application for detection, fixation, extraction, storage, research of
objects that are developed or adapted by the science of criminology and are used during the investigation of criminal
proceedings, related to the use of explosive materials. Technical-forensic means and methods of research of explosive
materials are classified by functional purpose into the following groups: technical-forensic means and methods of
searching (detecting) explosive devices and traces of their use; forensic technical means and methods of recording
and extracting trace information from the scene of a criminal explosion; technical and forensic means of investigation
of explosive objects; forensic technical means and methods of preventing criminal explosions. In the process of
presenting the main material, separate recommendations were given regarding the use of means and methods of
detection, extraction, research and disposal of explosive objects. At the same time, it is proven that the development
of innovative principles of technical and forensic support for the investigation of criminal offenses related to the use of
explosive materials acquires special significance and relevance, which necessitates the constant exchange of experience
with our foreign partners, in particular, mutual assistance regarding the technical equipment of explosives specialists.