Teismo ekspertizės standartų klausimu

Abstract

The study aims to draw attention to many discussion areas related to creating and introducing standards in judicial sciences. The creation of standards in forensic sciences is not an end in itself. Standardizing the methodologies used by forensic experts should serve to reach the truth. The proceeding authority makes decisions based on facts with the help of experts’ conclusions. The standard should have a reasonable scientific basis and be susceptible to change linked to research development in its discipline. Every area of forensic examination cannot operate without standards. Standards allow other subjects to determine whether the expert’s activities are correct or incorrect. Incorrect expert opinions are not in line with the standards currently in force in a specific area of forensic science. In the author’s view, the creation of standards in forensic sciences cannot be without the involvement of state institutions. These institutions should provide an organizational and financial framework to develop best practices in multidisciplinary teams and monitor recent scientific research results on an ongoing basis. The system of standards should constantly be open to changes in existing standards. In ensuring that experts can learn to conduct research properly following current standards, the essential role is provided by the possibility to learn from their own mistakes. This possibility should be created in the framework of procedures established by the state institutions.