Open AccessCognitive activity of a forensic expert: psychological aspect
Author(s) -
Olena Soldatenko,
Oleksandr Yunatskyi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
naukovij vìsnik dnìpropetrovsʹkogo deržavnogo unìversitetu vnutrìšnìh sprav
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2078-3566
DOI - 10.31733/2078-3566-2020-5-245-249
Subject(s) - conviction , certainty , cognition , set (abstract data type) , psychology , forensic science , reliability (semiconductor) , process (computing) , cognitive psychology , social psychology , computer science , epistemology , psychiatry , medicine , law , political science , philosophy , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics , veterinary medicine , programming language , operating system
The paper addresses the features of the forensic expert’s cognitive activity during the expertise and the process of drawing a conclusion based on the principle of inner certainty. Some factors which prevent forming of such certainty are considered in the present paper. The peculiarity of the cognitive activity of a forensic expert is that his/her conclusion should reflect the inner conviction, ie the confidence of the expert in its reliability. The objective side of the inner conviction can be only a set of factual data established during the expert study, regardless of any external influences and actions.