Keyword: «approbation of forensic techniques»

This article highlights issues of modern expertology that influence organization of forensic expert activities. Besides current issues of non-state forensic expert activity and ways of solving them are presented as well as problems of assessing the level of competence of an expert and innovations in forensic expertology: standardization, certification and etc. The necessity of carrying out systematization of types of forensic examinations and the necessity of improvement of scientific and methodological support are particularly mentioned.