Specialized knowledge and their role in the system of disclosure and investigation of fraud involving the use of forged documents

The initial part of the article is devoted to the formulation of the concept of "special knowledge" in legal proceedings. At the same time, the author believes that when differentiating knowledge into special and non - special, it is necessary to proceed, first of all, from the fact that special knowledge is an objective category and represents a set of information and skills acquired by a knowledgeable person as a result of his professional special training, or in the course of practical activity in a certain specialty. The unacceptability of classifying legal knowledge as special is justified. Special attention is paid to the problem of using different forms and types of special knowledge in the process of disclosure and investigation of fraud involving the use of forged documents. It is noted that the main type of use of special knowledge in the procedural form is forensic examination.