Information Support for Forensic Activities

The paper is devoted to information support for forensic activities conducted by law enforcement officers. Since information plays an important role in ensuring the effectiveness of crime detection and investigation activities, there is an increasing need to study the principles of working with it, namely, obtaining, analyzing and subsequently using it to establish all the circumstances of the incident. To do this, it is necessary to form an idea of the information support for forensic activities and the importance of its application in solving and investigating crimes based on an analysis of the capabilities of modern sources of forensically significant information. The paper reveals the forms of forensic information, namely, evidentiary, orientation and reference. The concept of information support for forensic activities is given, and its relationship with related categories is studied. The elements of the information support system for forensic activities are assessed, namely, information resources, information technologies, information processes and information security. The possibilities of using the main sources of information support for forensic activities are considered, namely, specialized software systems, open information resources, forensic records, mobile reference systems. The paper characterizes the role of forensic information sources in increasing the efficiency of activities to solve and investigate certain types of crimes, describes the risks of use and ways to minimize them. It is noted that the subject of the investigation may refer to both internal and external sources of information, but it is always necessary to be critical of any information.

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