ORGANIZATION OF RESEARCH ON ODOR TRACES OF MAN
In this article, the author considers the question of evaluating the specialist’s opinion on the results of olfactory studies of human odor traces, presented by the current criminal procedure legislation to the source of evidence. The evidentiary value of the expert’s opinion is also determined by the form of his conclusions. Conclusions about the establishment of smell traces of the subject under test at the studied object are considered to be a very weighty, and sometimes irrefutable source of evidence.Identification olfactory research involves raising questions about the presence of odor traces of specific subjects on the objects submitted to the study, whose sources of individualizing odorous substances are also provided at the disposal of the specialist.Modern methods of forensic research of human odor traces using the biosensor olfactory method allow to dispel doubts about their scientific validity, since they include a whole range of measures to ensure the reliability of the results obtained using them.