Forensic Concept of the Emotion of Fear

   The paper is devoted to the analysis of the concept of fear in legal and related sciences. The author identifies the forensically significant properties of fear that must be taken into account during the detection, investigation and prevention of crimes. The paper examines Russian investigative practice, illustrating the legal significance of the emotional states of a criminal. Through the prism of forensic science, taking into account the activity-based and situational approach, the concept of the emotion of fear is shown as a mental phenomenon. It is an emotional state that arises in the presence of a threat to the life or safety (physical or social) of a participant in criminal proceedings, accompanied by biochemical and mental activation of the body and serving as a motivation for changing its activity up to the degree of submission in order to counter the threat. Taking the emotion of fear into account in the process of proving a case is of significant forensic and criminal law importance, since its presence can directly influence the classification and criminal nature of the act committed.

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