Theft of property from the dead: criminal and forensic aspects

Introduction: The work considers the peculiarities of qualification of two types of criminal assault: theft of things in the body of the deceased, and illegal seizure of articles from precious metals inextricably connected with the body of the deceased. Materials and methods: the normative basis of the study forms the criminal legislation of the Russian Federation. In addition to theoretical provisions, the basis of the study was also an empirical base, the content of which is formed by the materials of judicial and investigative practice on crimes of the investigated category. Modern popular scientific methods of knowledge of social processes and phenomena were used. The result of the study is that the authors, on the basis of an analysis of the characteristics of the characterization of crimes of a certain group and a study of judicial and investigative practice, developed a number of forensic provisions on the application of specialized knowledge in the investigation. Conclusions and conclusions: The results of the research of the criminal legal aspects of the problem under consideration have led to a number of conclusions of relevance in the practice of law enforcement in the investigation of crimes of the category under consideration.