<jats:p>The expert witness report plays a crucial part in any type of forensic investigation; forensic engineering and land surveying are no exception. This article focuses on relevance as a major criterion in the evaluation of a forensic expert’s report. The author ide...

<jats:p>Professors’ Valentin Yakovlevich Koldin (Chair of Forensic Science of Law Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University) and Svetlana Arkad’evna Smirnova (Director of the Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Russian Ministry of Justice) exchange o...

<jats:p>Based on the analysis of the essence of forensic facial identification the article describes the framework of its methodological support considering the specifics of the research objects. The genesis of development of analysis methods for portrait images is brie...

<jats:p>The author reflects on whether validity can be considered both a principle of law and a functional principle of forensic expert activity. Disclosing the methodological significance of validity, which is yet to be fully and consistently incorporated in the proced...

<jats:p>The articles examines the key stages of on-site investigations (building inspections) conducted by forensic engineers. Typical challenges facing forensic practitioners are identified, and solution approaches are offered. This includes recommendations for possibl...

<jats:p>The paper examines the questions of forensic examination of state, departmental and other awards and decorations, including orders, medals and honorary badges. Investigation of such items is usually organized along a comprehensive framework that draws on special...

<jats:p>The paper examines the problem of evaluating the findings of artwork examination in terms of its scientific objectivity. Current negative trends in judicial proceedings in Russia are analyzed in connection with incorrect determination of the subject of forensic ...

<jats:p>The article describes an expert approach to the analysis of self-rehabilitation tactics used in public communication as a means of reducing the likelihood of legal liability for publication, including social media reposts. The author considers various forms that...

<jats:p>The author examines current applications of infrared spectroscopy in forensic practice and in various areas of science and technology. The paper includes an overview of objects that warrant the use of this forensic analytical technique. It is pointed out that no...

<jats:p>In this paper key trends in the development of extremist and near-extremist youth subcultures are outlined, and characteristic features of criminal and near-criminal youth organizations are described. The results of an empirical study of the activity of existing...