LEGAL PRINCIPLES OF USING SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE DURING INFORMATION PROVISION OF INVESTIGATIVE INVESTIGATION

Abstract

Abstract. In the article the author considers the legal basis for the use of special knowledge within the information support of the pre – trial investigation. It is stated that a specialist is, for the most part, a person who advises participants in criminal proceedings during the implementation of certain investigative actions, including immediate and initial action, which is an inspection of the scene. The list of cases for which such a person can be involved shows that the specialist forms the primary information base of a separate criminal proceeding, which is done by searching, recording and extracting all possible important data (photos and videos of the proceedings, drawings and schemes of the scene, seizure of things and documents, etc.). The author points out that the fundamental difference between a specialist and an expert in criminal proceedings is the delineation of their basic rights and responsibilities as participants in the proceedings. Thus, an expert can be an expert and provide an opinion, and a specialist cannot be involved as an expert, as such an opinion will not be considered evidence. It is concluded that the main legal documents governing the use of special knowledge during the pre-trial investigation are the Criminal Procedure Code of Ukraine and the Law of Ukraine "On Forensic Science". To date, special knowledge is one of the leading ways of providing information to investigative and operational-search activities, which is implemented by detecting and removing material evidence, followed by improving information retrieval databases, forensic collections, etc., expert advice during pre-trial investigation and trial proceedings, drawing up an expert opinion, as well as other technical and forensic assistance of persons with special knowledge at all stages of criminal proceedings.