Non-procedural forms of expert prevention

Objects and substances presented in kind act as a form of maintenance of separate expert-forensic records (for example, records of improvised explosive devices) and reference and information collections (for example, ballistic collections, collections of writing materials, etc.), which is caused by high visibility of the forensically significant information contained in them, as well as a wide range of practical application of these objects. In addition, full-scale collections organized on the basis of expert and forensic units are an integral element of information support of the process of detection, disclosure and investigation of crimes. In this regard, the article considers potential ways of development of expert-forensic activity in part of carrying out researches of natural objects and substances in order to solve problems of preventive nature, and also suggests changes in the current normative legal framework aimed at regulating the form and content of the results received during the mentioned researches.