Problems of forensic examination of documents affected by aggressive factors

Forensic examination of documents is one of the most demanded areas of forensic examination today. The level of development of science and technology requires experts to master new knowledge from related sciences, incl. materials science, and the development of new methodological approaches in solving the assigned tasks. Classical approaches often do not give the desired effect and the production of expertise becomes more like a scientific research, associated with the solution of heuristic problems, the search for fundamentally new approaches, the analysis of features that have not been given due attention before. A paper-based document is an object of a complex material nature. Elements of a complex composition of paper and dyes interact with each other and with various environmental factors, form a special trace pattern that constantly changes over time. This important feature of documents opens up new opportunities for solving a whole range of examination sub-tasks and individual expert problems. The article raises general theoretical questions of the study of documents that have undergone changes as a result of the impact of various environmental factors. A list of tasks to be solved is provided.

forensic examination, document, examination of documents, legal proceedings