The subject of the research is the patterns of the mechanism of crime and the emergence of evidential information in cases of murder associated with staging. Special attention is paid to the forensic diagnosis of staging as a means of concealing the crime, including the analysis of signs that allow distinguishing staging from genuine accidents, suicides, or deaths from natural causes. The article discusses modern investigative techniques, including search tactics, psychological profiling, and the development of hypotheses regarding the commissioned nature of murder. Both domestic forensic approaches and foreign experiences in identifying behavior related to crime concealment in cases of intimate partner violence are analyzed. The research also explores the problems of proving that arise during the investigation of this category of crimes and ways to overcome them using modern scientific and technical tools and tactical techniques. The methodological foundation consists of the dialectical method of cognition, general scientific methods (analysis, synthesis, comparison, generalization), and specific scientific methods: formal-legal, comparative-legal, statistical, as well as forensic modeling methods and retrospective analysis of investigative situations. The scientific novelty of the research lies in the comprehensive analysis of the forensic diagnosis of staging in murders based on the integration of domestic and foreign approaches from recent years. The work systematizes modern determinants of behavior related to the concealment of crimes, including gender and situational features of staging in cases of intimate partner violence. It is justified that the effectiveness of investigating murders associated with staging is ensured by applying an interdisciplinary approach that combines traditional forensic techniques, psychological profiling, and the analysis of digital traces. The conclusions of the research confirm the necessity of improving the tactics of initial investigative actions, especially the examination of the crime scene, as a key stage in identifying signs of staging. It has been established that timely recognition of elements of crime concealment helps to avoid investigative errors and acquittals. The further development of murder investigation techniques should take into account both classical forensic developments and modern foreign research, which will contribute to enhancing the resolution rate of this category of crimes.
Usenko et al. (Thu,) studied this question.