Presentation for identification (psychological aspect)

The article touches upon the psychological aspect of presentation for identification. Various situations are analyzed with which the investigator may face, during interrogation before presentation for identification, when composing a verbal portrait by a future identifier. A problem is revealed that relates to the degree of information certainty in the conduct of an investigative action. The view is expressed that the failure to describe the object does not exclude the possibility of error-free identification, as well as the correct description does not provide the possibility of identification. The accepted in forensic tactics procedure to describe a person's appearance does not take into account certain psychological mechanisms of perception of the object, certain features, manifested in human cognitive processes in memorizing and maintaining the perceived information, playback and transmission of information about the object, as well as of equating it. The structure of the recognition process for the correct interpretation of equating the object upon presentation for identification is revealed. The conducted statistical research indicates the possibility of carrying out an investigative action without indicating the features of the identifiable person.