Features of the forensic characteristics of sabotage

Abstract

The article states that forensic characteristics are the main component of the investigation methodology of any criminal offense and those related to the commission of sabotage are no exception. That is why the author includes the following elements of the forensic characteristics of sabotage: 1) the subject of criminal encroachment; 2) methods of committing a criminal offense; 3) instruments of crime; 4) place and time of the crime; 5) typical traces.Having analyzed the current Criminal Code of Ukraine, it was concluded that the subject of sabotage can be: 1) people - during actions aimed at their mass destruction, causing bodily harm or other harm to their health, as well as mass poisoning or the spread of epidemics; 2) objects that are important for the national economy or defense - during sabotage in the form of explosions, arson or other actions aimed at destroying or damaging such objects; 3) objects of radioactive contamination (territory or others) - during actions aimed at such contamination; 4) animals and plants - during actions aimed at the spread of epizootics or epiphytotics.It is claimed that the method of committing a criminal offense indicates how, in what way a person commits a socially dangerous act, what techniques, methods and means he uses for this. The method of committing a crime is primarily characteristic of a criminal act as an active, voluntary, socially dangerous behavior of a person.Of course, the methods of committing criminal offenses are repeated, because the criminal acts in similar conditions, he has social and psychological typical features, uses certain tools and means of crime.In addition, it was established that sabotage tools can be: various types of explosive devices and substances; incendiary mixtures; firearms or cold weapons; radioactive substances, objects or particles; poisonous substances, etc.As for the place of commission of the crime as a key element of the forensic characteristics of sabotage, it can include: 1) places of gathering (staying) of people; 2) objects that have important economic significance; 3) objects of defense significance; 4) the territory of spread of a contagious animal disease; 5) the territory of spread of infectious plant disease.