IRREPARABLE FACIAL DISFIGUREMENT: THE RELATIONSHIP OF MEDICAL AND LEGAL CRITERIA IN THE PRE-TRIAL INVESTIGATION OF CRIMINAL OFFENSES.

The purpose of the study is to characterize irreparable facial disfigurement through the prism of medical science and from the perspective of legal criteria in the pre-trial investigation of criminal offenses. The practical basis of the research is the statistical and analytical materials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the National Police of Ukraine, the General Prosecutor's Office, the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine for 2016 - 2021 regarding the commission of criminal offenses, namely infliction of grievous bodily harm on the grounds of irreparable facial disfigurement of the victim; summarized data of the study of 50 materials of criminal proceedings based on the specified facts (resolution on the appointment of forensic and other examinations, as well as relevant conclusions), materials of the mass media. As a result of the research, it was established that the medical criteria for irreparable facial disfigurement specified in the legal acts need to be improved due to the wide application and systemic nature of the problems, due to the wide application and systemic nature of the problems, which entail both complication of qualification of the committed act and other difficulties in the process of pre-trial investigation.

DESCRIPTION OF PROVING INTENTIONAL HOMICIDES INVOLVING POISONOUS SUBSTANCES: THE RELATIONSHIP OF MEDICAL AND PROCEDURAL CONTEXTS.

The purpose of the study is to provide the description of proving intentional homicides involving poisonous substances based on the structural analysis of the medical and criminal procedure criteria of the relevant process. The practical basis for the research is the statistical and analytical materials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine and the National Police of Ukraine, the Prosecutor's General Office, the State Judicial Administration of Ukraine for 2016-2021; summarized data from the study of 20 materials of criminal proceedings (primarily resolutions on the appointment of forensic and other examinations), materials of mass media. As a result of the research, it was established that the medical description of the concept of poison and possible variants of its use are urgently needed, including during the implementation of the versioning procedure in the pre-trial investigation, as well as establishing the identity of the perpetrator or the list of other similar offenses (committed in a similar way).