Criminalistics and Modern Genetics

Shestak, Viktor; Vasilyeva, Alena

Criminalistics and Modern Genetics

Jurisprudence in Russia: history and modernity: materials of the third annual youth international scientific-practical conference (28 February 2020). St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Academy of the Investigative

8 Pages Posted: 30 Apr 2020

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Viktor Shestak

Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO)

Alena Vasilyeva

Moscow State Institute of International Relations(MGIMO)

Date Written: February 28, 2020

Abstract

The authors examine the concept of criminalistics, explain its meaning and essence, and describe its basic methods. Based on the importance of such area of criminalistics as identification the authors switches to an individual and more detailed consideration of the significance of genetics in criminalistics, discusses the practical side of forensic genetics, provides specific examples of the application of this science in investigations carried out by forensic geneticists, describes creation of federal DNA databases by estimating imperfections and prospects for the application of DNA analysis.

Keywords: criminalistics; genetics; genetic analysis; DNA, identification; DNA databases; Xenon-2

JEL Classification: K14

Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation

Shestak, Viktor and Vasilyeva, Alena, Criminalistics and Modern Genetics (February 28, 2020). Jurisprudence in Russia: history and modernity: materials of the third annual youth international scientific-practical conference (28 February 2020). St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Academy of the Investigative , Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3569605