THE USE OF SPECIAL PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE IN CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

In the article, on the basis of the analysis of scientific works, the essence, depth and systematicity of special knowledge, which ensures the effectiveness of the process of cognition of a judicial expert psychologist in criminal proceedings. The constantly increasing need for involving special psychological knowledge in criminal proceedings raises the bar of relevance in the issue of the professionalism and competence of the expert psychologist. Attention is paid to the logical forms involved in the cognitive activity of a forensic expert as a carrier of special knowledge, which are indicated as a dynamic, multi-level, multi-vector system, where each element performs its specific function, enters continuous links with other elements, which provides the existence of “partners”, the process of cognition and its result. It is stated that the use of specialized knowledge provides the choice of means, techniques, methods and methods of expert knowledge of mental phenomena and socio-psychological phenomena, which were manifested in the activity of the sub-expert person in the circumstances and within the legally relevant situation and have certain legal consequences.