Current Problems and Trends of Integration Processes in Forensic Examination

The article is devoted to the disclosure of the current problems and tendencies of integration processes in the forensic examination. Forensic examination is essentially focused on the use of the achievements of various branches of scientific knowledge in the legal process, and therefore its very nature has an integrational character. Comprehensive forensic expert studies are the most complex forms of integration of specialized knowledge with the involvement of relevant specialists. In the conditions of the criminal activity of new and especially dangerous forms, on the one hand, and the reform of the criminal justice bodies, the adaptation of Ukrainian legislation to the European one, on the other, the issue of ensuring Ukraine's justice with independent, qualified and focused on using the latest advances in science and technology forensic examination. Under present conditions, forensic examination is becoming increasingly demanded during pre-trial investigation and judicial review of criminal proceedings, judicial review of cases in other types of proceedings. In this aspect, one of the most important tasks is to determine the nature of complex forensic research and to develop their theoretical and methodological principles.