Use of specialized knowledge for transport crime investigation
The current paper has considered the use of special knowledge when conducting a preliminary investigation of crimes committed at transport infrastructure facilities. There have been summarized the scientific aspects and practical approaches (including on the basis of personal forensic experience) of using forensic knowledge and attracting specialists to participate in investigative and operational-search activities in order to establish the circumstances that contribute to the objective and effective investigation of transport crimes. There have been presented the possibilities of using the results of special knowledge application at transport facilities. There have been given the recommendations on attracting specialists to assist in obtaining search and evidentiary information, verifying various operational-search and investigative versions and recreating the events at a crime scene. The results of the current study can be used in the activities of the agencies of preliminary investigation, inquiry, forensic organizations, as well as in the educational process in specialties “Forensic examination”, “Legal support of national security” and “Law enforcement”.