Comprehensive Research within the Framework of Mono-Expertise in the context of Digitalization (Forensic Phonoscopic Examination Case)

Abstract

The paper substantiates the need to develop a new private theory of forensic expertology: the theory of digitalization of forensic activities, within which the problem of complexity deserves special attention. For these purposes, the author studies one of the forms of integration, known in forensic expertology as «a comprehensive study within the framework of one examination (mono-expertise)». The author draws attention to the epistemological essence of such a study, focuses on its distinctive features. The forensic phonoscopic examination case is an example of the problems of forensic examination of digital traces analysis. The author highlights the factors that contribute to the successful evolution of forensic phonoscopic examination in the context of digitalization (creation of a system for training expert phonoscopists, improvement of methodological support and an automated workplace for an expert), a list of expert situations that require the appointment of a comprehensive forensic phonoscopic and computer-technical examination.