Historical aspects of using sound and video recordings in criminal proceedings

Abstract

The article discusses some problems related to the history of the invention of technical means of recording and playback of visual and acoustic signals. The evolution of the use of sound equipment and video recording in criminal proceedings of Ukraine was researched. Also the basic problems of the sound and video recording introduction into the criminal investigation and trial of criminal proceedings were analyzed.
The effect of the application of technical means of sound and visual fixation on the condition of crime investigation is showed. The general requirements that determine the permissibility of the use of technical means in criminal proceedings are researched. These actions are legitimate if they are prescribed by law and do not contradict it; they can be applied only by specifically authorized persons; the possibility of their application is determined by their scientific validity, objectivity and reliability of the obtained results; they must not conflict with ethical standard; their use must comply with the safety requirements.
The features of the application of technical means of fixation in modern conditions according to the adoption of the new Criminal Procedure legislation in Ukraine are researched.
Based on the conducted study, the author found that the formation, establishment and development of organizational and legal basis for the use of scientific and technological advances in the crime investigation and the trial is a complex process that takes place under the influence of many objective and subjective factors. The use of sound and video recordings in criminal proceedings became possible because of the introduction of science and technology in criminal proceedings. Technical means of sound and video recording are invented and developed outside the criminal process and criminalistics, but nowadays they have taken their place in the fixation of the proceedings and securing evidentiary information.