Место издания:Издательское агентство «Апостиль» Харьков
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Аннотация: The classification issues of forensic genetic identification
Human identification being performed for the law enforcement is based on the study of the genetic characteristics of an individual. It is an interdisciplinary area of research that should be considered in the framework of both forensic medicine and criminalistics. Human identification is traditionally performed within forensic medicine, its section called "forensic examination of physical evidence". Including these studies in the subject of forensic medicine is consistent with the objectives and content of forensic medicine as a science. Human identification study is undoubtedly in the competence of forensic medical experts.
Genetic identification should also be considered in the framework of criminalistics. The criminalistic character of genetic identification is predetermined by the concept of criminalistics as a base science for all kinds of identification regardless of the nature of the objects and methods used for identification. The aim of genetic identification is to obtain forensically important information in order to solve forensic problems; it is based on the theory of forensic identification and is performed using its methodology; it deals with traces; forensic DNA technologies are used for the formation of forensic records, etc. Concerning the place of genetic identification in criminalistics, it seems that genetic identification must be allocated as a separate branch of forensic technology. Theoretical postulates of genetic identification being developed in application to forensics make it a particular forensic theory, a subsection of the theory of forensic identification. The conception of genetic identification as a branch of the criminalistic technology does not prevent its presence also in the system of the forensic sledovedeniye which considers the trace in “broad” meaning in relation to any traces. Such view is not fraught with any classification contradictions. No classification contradictions are also fraught with the fact that the genetic identification is the area of overlap of forensic medicine and criminalistics.