Information Letter “On the Issue of Legal Wrongfulness in Establishing Witness Credibility through Forensic Evaluation”

S A Smirnova,S N Shishkov,A N Kalinina,A Ya Asnis,E V Makushkin,E G Dozortseva,S S Shipshin,F S Safuanov,E V Vaske,D S Oshevskii,T N Sekerazh,D V Berdnikov

doi:10.30764/64/1819-2785-2016-3-64-73

Abstract

This information letter was produced in response to a growing number of inquiries from investigators, and increased instances of forensic psychologists being appointed to evaluate witness credibility based on videos of interrogations. The letter addresses the need to streamline forensic casework related to the analysis of video recordings of specific investigative actions involving different agents of the criminal process. The letter considers possibilities for commissioning these forensic procedures and the rationale for conducting such examinations, in compliance with the scientific principles of professional forensic work.

Highlights

This information letter was produced in response to a growing number of inquiries from investigators, and increased instances of forensic psychologists being appointed to evaluate witness credibility based on videos of interrogations
The letter addresses the need to streamline forensic casework related to the analysis of video recordings of specific investigative actions involving different agents of the criminal process
Учитывая положения уголовно-процессуального законодательства Российской Федерации и состояние научно-исследовательских разработок в области свидетельских показаний, в настоящее время установление достоверности показаний путем назначения и проведения судебной экспертизы (психологической, психолого-психиатрической, какой-либо иной) на строго научной основе невозможно

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Introduction

This information letter was produced in response to a growing number of inquiries from investigators, and increased instances of forensic psychologists being appointed to evaluate witness credibility based on videos of interrogations. К настоящему периоду в отечественной экспертной практике традиционной и обязательной является судебно-психологическая либо комплексная психолого-психиатрическая экспертиза потерпевшего или свидетеля, «когда возникает сомнение в его способности правильно воспринимать обстоятельства, имеющие значение для уголовного дела, и давать показания»

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