FORENSIC IDENTIFICATION USING FACIAL RECOGNITION SYSTEMS: STATE OF THE PROBLEM AND POTENTIAL WAYS TO SOLVE IT

Abstract

Forensic personal identification using facial recognition systems is of scientific interest due to the rapid digitalization of society and the necessity to quickly identify the perpetrator. The implementation of advanced technical solutions in forensics allows to enrich the theoretical basis, which directly affects the effectiveness of countering crimes, including terrorist and extremist crimes. Purpose: to examine the value and capabilities of facial image biometric identification systems for the detection and investigation of crimes. Methods: to achieve the set purpose, dialectical, systemic and logical methods (general scientific) are used. Among specific scientific research methods, formal legal methods, methods of generalization and abstraction prevailed. Results: the issues of legal regulation of the use of biometric data in the process of personal identification are considered; the possibilities of using face recognition systems installed in public places are studied using the example of large cities in Russia. Ways are proposed to increase the efficiency of biometric identification using a facial image in the context of countering crimes.

Keywords

• crime investigation
• crime detection
• forensic identification
• facial recognition
• biometric identification
• biometric
• digital technologies
• criminal identit y