Izvestiya of Saratov University.
ISSN 1994-2540 (Print)
ISSN 2542-1956 (Online)


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Organization and Legal and Methodological Problems of the All-Embracing Diagnostic Experts’ Examination of Firearms, Cartridges and Their Traces

Introduction. Today’s urge to improve the effectiveness of crime investigation increasingly requires attracting resources such as forms of expert research like ‘complex examination’ . In the theory of criminology and forensic formed certain scientific ideas into the nature of complex expertise , its characteristic features.

Features of Detection of Handprints on Firearms and Cartridges

Introduction. Firearms and ammunition are traditionally complex objects for fingerprint identification research. Theoretical analysis. The possibilities of modern laboratory methods for detecting handprints on firearms and ammunition are discussed. It is noted that the most effective method is the vacuum deposition of thin metal films, as well as cyanoacrylic acid esters in vacuum.