Developing expert thinking in future forensic experts
The article presents a new approach to the professional training of forensic experts. Special attention is paid to the development of expert thinking in future forensic experts. The article also deals with the main components of expert thinking and its interrelation with the triad of personal manifestation: the subject, individuality and the actor. In order to compare and evaluate the features of expert thinking, the author conducts an empirical study. The sample comprises 129 respondents divided into three groups. The first group consists of forensic experts with service experience of one year and more, who, according to the head of the forensic unit, most successfully carry out expert activities. The respondents of the second group are cadets of the 1<sup>st</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup> courses of the area of study "Forensic examination". The third group includes cadets of the 1<sup>st</sup> and 5<sup>th</sup> courses of the faculty of training staff for units working with personnel. According to the results of the research, expert thinking includes three components: symbolic thinking, irrationality in the structure of thinking and indicators of intellectual orientation of an individual. Each of the qualities has a certain set of accompanying indicators, which in a certain way are the criterion for assessing the development of expert thinking.