THE Vth KHMYROVSKY CRIMINALISTIC READINGS

Abstract

On 17 December, 2021 the fifth applied research conference “Khmyrov Criminalistic Readings” was held in the premises of Kuban State University with participation of academic staff from the Russian Federation, near and far-abroad countries – Belarus, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Azerbaijan, Poland, Lithuania, on the occasion of the 45th anniversary of the establishment of the Criminalistics and Legal Informatics Department. The 2021 conference was one of the most representative in the history of this event. More than 100 applications from scholars all over the world were submitted to participate in the Conference. The Organising and Programme Committees of the Conference included representatives of the Police Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Azerbaijan (Baku, Azerbaijan), Almaty Academy of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Kazakhstan (Almaty, Kazakhstan), Baikal State University (Irkutsk, Russia), Immanuel Kant Baltic Federal University (Kaliningrad, Russia), Belarusian State University (Minsk, Belarus), University of Warmia and Mazury (Poland, Olsztyn), Kuban State University (Krasnodar, Russian Federation), Kuban State University (Moscow, Russia), Kuban State Agrarian University (Krasnodar, Russian Federation), Kuban State Agrarian University (Krasnodar, Russia), Bolashak Academy in Karaganda (Karaganda, Kazakhstan), Krasnodar University of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia (Krasnodar, Russia), Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), National Research Tomsk State University (Moscow, Russia). Lomonosov Moscow State University (Moscow, Russia), National Research Tomsk State University (Tomsk, Russia), Tula State University (Tula, Russia), Tajik State University of Law, Business and Politics (Khujand, Tajikistan), Mykolas Romeris University (Vilnius, Lithuania), Udmurt State University (Izhevsk, Russia). The purpose of the conference was to perpetuate the scientific heritage of the outstanding Russian scientist, founder of Kuban school of criminalistics Alexander A. Khmyrov (1925-2017) and to elaborate new approaches to the development of criminalistics, forensic expertise, criminal intelligence and surveillance, evidentiary process and other applied branches of legal knowledge. Since the time the conference was held for the first time in 2017, certain areas of scientific research have taken shape where the leading scientists share their findings. The conference invariably attracts attention of Russian and foreign criminalists, experts in the field of evidence, researchers in the sphere of forensic examination and criminal intelligence, information technologies in law enforcement and investigative activities, current employees of pretrial investigation agencies, prosecutors, practicing lawyers. Summaries of proceedings of each conference, containing the main theses of papers and presentations discussed, were published. The conference themes were as follows: 1) Modern problems of criminalistics; 2) Criminalistic aspects of evidentiary process; 3) Trends in development of forensic science; 4) Current issues of criminal intelligence. 5) Interdisciplinary links in forensic science. The conference was distinguished by its focus on discussion of the raised problems and free discourse on a wide range of opinions on the issues under consideration, with strict observance of scientific ethics. The interdisciplinary nature and the breadth of covered fundamental and practical issues made the conference attractive for specialists from Russia and foreign countries representing various scientific fields. In the course of the conference, it became possible to find solutions to many complex scientific challenges and dilemmas owing to the well-coordinated work of the organising committee and the speakers.