Use of information technologies during odorological examination

This research paper discusses the possibility of using information technologies in conducting forensic examinations, in particular odorological examination. Generalization of the practice of conducting odorological expertise allows us to conclude that at present, in the conditions of active and widespread development of information technologies, computerization and automation of all spheres of public life and activity, there is a need to develop and implement new devices and tools necessary for organizing effective work with "smell" traces. However, the lack of necessary legal regulation in this area, as well as funding, leads to the fact that this type of expertise is often limited only to conducting odorological expertise with the participation of dog handlers. The introduction of information technologies and developments in the procedure for conducting odorological examinations will make it possible to more accurately and fully establish information that is important for criminal proceedings, based on the study of "smell" traces.