Criminalistic aspects of the investigation of the murder of a newborn child by a mother committed in complicity

The methodology of investigating infanticide at the present stage of the development of criminology has a broad basis sufficient for the successful investigation of typical manifestations of this type of crime, presented by a number of monographs, dissertations and scientific articles. However, in practice, the investigator is faced with investigative situations that differ from the classical idea of the manifestations of crimes regulated by Article 106 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. One of these is the commission of infanticide in complicity: the qualification of the act in this case will differ significantly, as well as the method of committing the crime, traces and other elements relevant to the investigation of the criminal case. Due to the fact that in situations involving complicity, the mother is often the actual instigator, the execution process is carried out by another entity. At the same time, the typical traces, place and method of infanticide change, and the existing forensic characteristics of the murder of a newborn child by a mother become inapplicable to the act. The listed factors substantiate the specifics of the research method. The methodological basis of this scientific work consists of a number of general scientific theoretical research methods, including analysis, induction, deduction, analogy, generalization, comparison and abstraction, as well as special sociological and psychological methods. The scientific novelty of this study is expressed in the development of a number of tactical and methodological recommendations that have a certain practical significance, since they are aimed at developing the investigation process in criminal cases related to both the murder of a newborn child by a mother in general and the specified act committed in complicity.

murder of a newborn child, investigation methodology, complicity, qualifications of infanticide, incitement, special subject, privileged types of murders, investigation of infanticide, interaction, checking investigative versions