Criminal protection of justice from falsification of evidence

The activity of administering justice is an activity of great political and social importance, with which people have pinned the hope of justice for several thousand years. In the modern world, justice is also of great importance for the state, society and person, which necessitates the criminal legal protection of justice from abuse and crime. The activities of administering justice in our country are protected by a whole system of criminal law provisions provided for in Chapter 31 «Crimes against Justice» of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation. A special place in the crimes of this group is occupied by crimes related to falsification of evidence. A study of foreign criminal law has also shown that legislators in all countries, as a rule, criminalize misconduct with evidence. In this work, it is substantiated that crimes related to falsification of evidence should be considered as a single object of criminalistic research due to the presence of common criminalistic characteristics. As a result of such a comprehensive study, it is possible to use a common toolkit developed by science and practice in order to collect, verify and evaluate criminally significant information. The article formulates the definition of forensic support for the investigation of crimes related to falsification of evidence. Measures are proposed to prevent crimes related to falsification of evidence.

criminalistics, criminalistic support, investigation, falsification of evidence, crime prevention, surrogacy