SPECIAL KNOWLEDGE IN THE INVESTIGATION OF ECONOMIC CRIMES IN THE CONSTRUCTION FIELD
Successful investigation of economic crimes in the construction sector is impossible without the involvement of special knowledge. Practice shows that there are features of attracting special knowledge to identify the circumstances of the commission of these crimes. These features are manifested in the tactics of attracting special knowledge. For the investigation, it is also important that the investigator has a certain minimum of special knowledge. This is especially important at the initial stage of the investigation. In this regard, the subject of the research, which is the basis of the proposed article, is to determine the patterns of the use of special knowledge in the investigation of economic crimes in the field of construction. The purpose of the study is to identify potential opportunities for the use of special knowledge in the investigation of economic crimes in the construction sector. To ensure the achievement of this goal, the following methods were used: dialectical materialism; logical (analysis and synthesis; deduction and induction); formal legal; system-activity; forensic modeling; situational. The article for the rst time gives a classification of the forms of special knowledge used in the investigation of economic crimes in the field of construction, among which attention is drawn to the fact that the theory of criminology does not pay attention to such a non-procedural form of special knowledge, at least the investigator’s special knowledge in the field of construction and construction economics. This form of special knowledge is able to ensure success in solving tactical tasks that arise. The result of the study is the conclusion that the methodology for investigating economic crimes in the construction sector should include recommendations not only on the use of procedural forms of special knowledge, but also a form that is not procedural, but is already widely used in practice - a minimum of special knowledge of the investigator.