Criminalistic signs of the victim's fear of a crime in criminal cases of crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity

The purpose of the study. The article examines the essence of the phenomenon of violent crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity through the prism of the emotion of fear as an object of forensic research. The paper examines specific examples of judicial and investigative practice, which analyze the behavior and interaction of subjects of criminal situations, as well as patterns of formation of traces corresponding to their behavior. The relationship between detectable traces, behavior, and the emotion of fear, which determines it, forms signs of fear. Conclusions. The emotion of fear of a victim of a crime is a criminalistic sign of the reality of a criminal event, which is the subject of investigation in criminal cases of crimes against sexual freedom and sexual integrity. At the same time, the signs of the emotion of fear of the victims of this crime are expressed in its traces, characterizing information about both the object of their fear and their behavior. These include: information about the identity of the perpetrator, his physical development, material traces of changes in the situation of the scene during the struggle, various biological traces, especially those found in the underground contents, the presence and condition of barriers and locking devices, ideal traces, which also include the presence of acquired mental disorders that are causally related to criminal actions.