On the Issue of the Necessity to Comply with the Requirements of Legislation on the Production of Forensic Expertise and Procedural Expert Errors
https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-2-62-67
Abstract
The article discusses the concept and classification of expert errors, as well as the concept and types of procedural expert errors. The author draws attention to their possible consequences. Some errors of procedural nature, which can be made by experts and revealed by lawyers, are shown on examples from expert opinions on forensic environmental expertise. Recommendations on how to avoid them are given. It is also noted that there are means of preventing expert errors within the framework of the theory of expert prevention.
About the Author
N. V. Mikhaleva
The Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation;
The All-Russian State University of Justice
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Mikhaleva Natal’ya Valer’evna – Candidate of Law, Head of the Education and Methodology Department; Associate Professor of the Department of Forensic Expertology
Moscow 109028;
Moscow 117638
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Mikhaleva N.V. On the Issue of the Necessity to Comply with the Requirements of Legislation on the Production of Forensic Expertise and Procedural Expert Errors. Theory and Practice of Forensic Science. 2023;18(2):62-67. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2023-2-62-67
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