Determinants of falsification of evidence in a criminal case and the results of operational-investigative activities in modern Russia
- Authors: Yashin A.V.1,2
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Affiliations:
- Penza State University
- Penza branch of Moscow Witte University
- Issue: No 3 (2025)
- Pages: 64-73
- Section: LAW
- URL: https://journals.rcsi.science/2072-3016/article/view/361261
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.21685/2072-3016-2025-3-5
- ID: 361261
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Background. Liability for falsification of evidence in a criminal case and the results of operational-search activities is provided for in Parts 2–4 of Article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. These crimes are characterized by increased social danger, since they pose a serious threat to the modern legal system, Russian society and the state. Criminal behavior of persons committing such socially dangerous acts leads to a significant violation of the rights and freedoms of the individual, loss of public confidence in law enforcement agencies, as well as other negative consequences. In turn, neglect of comprehensive scientific research into the causes and conditions for falsifying operational and evidentiary information often leads to unpredictable illegal impacts on the interests of domestic justice. As a result, identifying and analyzing the causal complex of falsifying evidence in a criminal case and the results of operational-search activities seems relevant and practically significant. The purpose of the work is to consider and analyze the main determinants of these socially dangerous acts. Materials and methods. The article used doctrinal sources on the issues under study, materials of judicial practice and official statistical data. The methodological basis was the general dialectical method of cognition. In addition, the following methods were implemented: system-structural, analysis and synthesis, deduction and induction, statistical analysis, generalization of judicial practice and expert assessments. Results. In the course of the conducted research it was established that the commission of crimes provided for in parts 2–4 of Article 303 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation is determined by many factors, associated primarily with shortcomings in the management of law enforcement agencies. Conclusion. A conclusion was made about the need for further optimization of personnel policy in law enforcement agencies in order to increase the prestige of the service and ensure an influx of professional personnel who adequately perform their official duties in solving and investigating crimes.
About the authors
Andrei V. Yashin
Penza State University; Penza branch of Moscow Witte University
Author for correspondence.
Email: andrej.yaschin@yandex.ru
Doctor of juridical sciences, associate professor, professor of the sub-department of law enforcement; professor of the sub-department of jurisprudence
(40 Krasnaya street, Penza, Russia); (25B Vyazemskogo street, Penza, Russia)References
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