On the Methodological Support of Forensic Activities Outside the State Forensic Organizations

The purpose of the study is to review the modern features of the methodological support of forensic expert activities outside the state forensic expert organizations of the Russian Federation and proposals to improve the level of this support, including through the introduction of expert techniques developed by employees of non-state forensic expert organizations and university scientists. The research topic is relevant due to the fact that in the context of the ongoing improvement of judicial proceedings in the Russian Federation, the problems of its expert support have become more acute, especially in the field of introducing new innovative research methods in conducting forensic examinations outside state forensic organizations. The subject of the research is the features of the development, validation, testing and implementation of new expert techniques in practical expert activity. Conclusions. As a result of the research, the insufficiency of equipment with modern expert methods, including limited access to them by experts working outside of state forensic expert organizations, has been proved, which leads to unreasonable, in some cases, unreliable conclusions. The possibilities of experts of non-governmental forensic organizations and university scientists to develop innovative methods and expert techniques are shown. The reasons for the insufficient attention of state forensic organizations to such methodological developments are analyzed. The importance of studying the problems of methodological support of the forensic activities of such experts and the development of ways to solve them in order to improve forensic activities and improve the quality of legal proceedings is proved.