DOI: https://doi.org/10.33994/kndise.2020.66.04

V. Khakhanovskyi

The article deals with the issue of the legality and correctness of the use in forensics, in the process of investigating criminal offenses of a number of concepts and terms that have recently formed in the process of integrating scientific knowledge, namely: “electronic evidence”, “digital evidence”, “evidence in electronic form”, “electronic displays”, “virtual evidence”.  Its common and differences are analyzed, the author’s position on the need to differentiate these concepts is revealed, proposals are made to improve the legal regulation of such concepts and terms, as well as to conduct further scientific research in this area, including at the dissertation level.

Keywords: integration of scientific knowledge, evidence, factual data, evidential information, forensic information, forensic informatics, electronic evidence, digital evidence, evidence in electronic form, electronic displays, documents, virtual evidence