Features of Systematic Approach to Complex Linguistic and Psychological Examination of Forensic Examination Objects

This article considers methodological features of applying the systematic approach to complex forensic psychological and linguistic examination of information materials. Drawing on a synthesis of O.A. Konopkin’s concept of self-regulation of voluntary activity and the provisions on the verbalization stages of understanding the state of affairs in the study of extremist materials by O.V. Kukushkina and Yu.A. Safonova (2011), the integration of linguistic discourse markers with the psychological regulatory blocks of communicative behavior is substantiated. It is demonstrated that the transition from descriptive analysis to dynamic reconstruction of intentional structures of the author's message increases the methodological integrity of complex examination. The application of the systematic approach principles as a methodological framework, in turn, guarantees a clear alignment between psychological and linguistic examination results and the law enforcement system, substantiates the commonality of psychological and linguistic components within the framework of a complex psychological and linguistic forensic examination and provides special knowledge integration necessary for an in-depth analysis of the information material as a dynamic system regulating the subject communicative behavior. Based on patterns of special knowledge interaction (sequential, parallel, sequential-parallel) an algorithm for synthesizing psychological and linguistic examination results is proposed, including the discrepancy verification procedure designed to minimize the risk of contradictory or unfounded conclusions. It is outlined that application of systematic approach principles ensures the scientific and methodological validity of expert conclusions and their evidentiary stability in law enforcement practice when investigating cases of the so-called speech or communication offenses.

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