FORENSIC CLASSIFICATION OF DOCUMENTS

Abstract

The relevance of the study is conditioned by the major legal significance of documents in criminal science, since they are an evidence base, means of certifying certain facts, and their diverse variability and constant processes of change against the background of global informatisation. Based on the above, the purpose of the study is to analyse the conceptual category of the term “document” and its proportionality with such categories as criminalistics, forensic documentation, and criminal offences; in addition, the main task of the study is to build a variable and structured classification of documents, which is necessary for its practical application in document science in the field of forensic science. The systematic approach was central, and the methods of terminological analysis, analysis, synthesis, and comparison were also used. The study result is the presentation of variable forensic classifications of documents on the basis of a number of grounds that were analysed and investigated by analysing the doctrine in the works of researchers and authors, with the subsequent determination of the advantages and disadvantages of each approach to classification and based on the comparative analysis and comparison of data on the proposal of the most dominant classification structure of documents. The study of the forensic classification of documents, highlighting the optimal approach, will simplify their further use in the theory of criminalistics and in practice, directly during the investigation of criminal offences. The results can also be used in the course of the investigator's work at a particular stage of the investigation, determining the subject and tactical advancement of investigative actions