"Fieldwork" identification of a person

Introduction: Against the background of dynamically developing technologies in the field of collecting, storing, processing, providing information in digital (electronic) form, reducing the overall size of facilities, that provide these processes, the article touches on the need for their implementation in the activities of the internal Affairs bodies of Russia. Including "fieldwork" identification of a person. Materials and Methods: the normative basis of the study is made up of criminal procedure legislation, local regulations governing the procedure for conducting human identification, scientific research in the field of technical-criminalistics support of law enforcement agencies. The methodological basis of the study is the general dialectical method of scientific cognition, which is universal in nature, as well as methods of logical deduction, induction, cognitive methods and techniques of observation, comparison, analysis, synthesis and description. Results of the Study: within the framework of the scientific provisions of "field criminalistics", the article elaborate the concept of "fieldwork" identification of a person, considers the possibility of improving the technical-criminalistics support of human identification outside of laboratory conditions. Examples of technical complexes that allow to establish a person's identity using biometric data in real time are given. Findings and Conclusions: the analysis of the state of technical-criminalistics support for "fieldwork" identification of a person has revealed a number of significant problems. Their elimination can be facilitated by scientific research of the provisions of criminalistic support for "fieldwork criminalistics".