ABOUT THE IDENTIFICATION OF A CITIZEN WITH BIOGRAPHICAL AMNESIA

Abstract

The subject of this paper is the main problems arising in the identification of citizens with biographic amnesia. The aim is to determine the effectiveness of the existing methods of identification of persons and to find ways of their possible improvement. The general characteristics of the dissociative disorder in question have been outlined in the present work. The other characteristics of the disease are the subject of psychology and are recognized by the author as irrelevant to the pre-trial investigation. The author analyzed investigative actions that can help in establishing the identity of a citizen suffering from retrograde amnesia and considered situations that can complicate this process. The results of the present work are applicable in operative-search activity and in the activity of searching for the defendant, as well as in the activity of searching for missing persons. Conclusions: with the development of technology in the modern world, the quality of search and identification of missing persons has increased significantly. Nowadays, we can assess how effective the measures used in the course of operative-search activities can be when searching for missing persons. In particular, the search procedure for citizens suffering from biographical amnesia does not really different from the general search procedure. However, it requires the mandatory involvement of an expert in the field of clinical psychology or psychiatry in the pre-trial investigation. In addition, law enforcement agencies may conduct fewer investigative activities than usual.