General System of Forensic Engineering Tasks

Abstract

Active development of forensic sciences in recent years (in accordance with the laws and principles of the genesis of forensic expertise) growing demand for their conduct and the urgent need for the emergence of new types of research make it necessary to systematize general tasks of forensic science in general and engineering in particular. This article purpose: to conduct an analysis of tasks solved by performing engineering and technical types of forensic science; determine the general principles of their formation; organize (unify) these tasks into a general (generic) system; to form a theoretical basis for improving the list of issues to be resolved while forensic engineering and technical researches (with the aim of modernizing Chapter II “Research guidelines concerning preparation and appointment of forensic examinations and researches”, that should be made the basic for new species(subspecies) of forensic engineering. In order to achieve the goal, methods of scientific knowledge were used: observation, comparison, abstraction, analysis, synthesis, modeling, etc. It is proposed to differentiate the tasks of engineering and technical research according to four groups that define the system as general (generic): 1) research of the state of objects; 2) establishment of conformity / non-conformity of the state of the object with certain requirements; 3) mechanism determination of investigated situation occurrence ; 4) clarification of cause-and-effect relationships in the situation under research.