The Features of Tactics for the Commission of Judicial Economic Expertise in the Investigation of Crimes Related to the Financial and Economic Activity of the Subjects of Housing and Communal Service

Abstract

Introduction: crimes in the sphere of housing and communal services pose a serious social danger and are of acute social nature, since they affect the interests of the state and society. Crimes in this economy sector lead to violations of the legal property rights of tens of thousands of citizens, their socio-economic security. The facts of criminal activity in the sphere of housing and communal services, less-than-prompt response to them by the law enforcement agencies, protraction or delay in the investigation of these facts form the prerequisites and contribute to the protest activity of the population, which destabilizes the sociopolitical situation. In this regard, the effective counteraction of the considered category of illegal acts requires prompt and full investigation of all facts of criminal activity committed in the sphere of housing and communal services in order to ensure the inevitability of punishment for their commission and compensation for material damage. Investigating crimes of the specified category, as a rule, is impossible without carrying out different judicial economic expertise, the commission, production and assessment of which conclusions in many respects predetermine the prospects of successful resolution of a criminal case in court. In this regard, the authors set a goal to reveal the tactical features of the commission of such an investigative action as judicial economic expertise which is so important for the investigation of most crimes committed in the field of housing and communal services. Methods: the methodological framework for this study is a set of methods of scientific knowledge, among which the main ones are the methods of information processing and logical analysis, synthesis, induction, deduction and generalization. Results: presented in the paper the author’s content of the tactical features of the commission of judicial economic expertise on the facts of crimes related to the financial and economic activity of the subjects of housing and communal services which relies on the judicial and investigative practice gives the chance to use them in practical activity of the authorized law enforcement officials during the identification and investigation of the above-mentioned facts. Conclusions: as a result of the study, the authors have determined the tactical features of the commission of judicial economic expertise on the facts of crimes related to the financial and economic activities of the subjects of housing and communal services in order to inform law students, the teaching staff of law schools, as well as practitioners to better understand the investigation features of crimes related to the financial and economic activities of the subjects of housing and communal services.