The Organization,Structure and Activities of Criminalistics Institutions in the USSR and Socialist Countries of Eastern Europe

The organization and activities of criminalistics institutions in the countries of Eastern Europe have been constructed on the Soviet model. Along with this, each of these countries has its own idiosyncracies which differentiate the activities of criminalistics institutions. In addition the criminal codes of each country qualify the procedural position of the specialist differently. In this article the author has briefly outlined questions of organization, structure and activities of the specialized criminalistics institutions as well as the procedural position of specialists in the USSR and in several socialist countries of Eastern Europe.