Criminalistic Characteristics of Cold Steel: Modern Approaches; Innovations in Classification; Problems of Standardization of the Relevant Regulatory Framework

The purpose of the study. The article analyzes modern approaches to the criminalistic characterization of cold steel, innovations in this field related to scientific and technological progress, rethinking existing classifications and attempts to standardize the current specialized regulatory framework. Conclusions. The forensic study of edged weapons remains a widely sought-after, dynamically developing field of scientific knowledge, forensic research and practice. The scientific and practical development of the field of forensic research of cold steel significantly expands the possibilities of preliminary investigation and operational investigative activities in solving specialized tasks. Further development of this field of forensic research is associated with: standardization of the relevant regulatory framework; expansion and evidentiary confirmation of its methods, including innovative properties due to scientific and technological progress; by expanding and rethinking the classifications of cold steel, in accordance with modern realities and the dynamics of life (scientific and technological progress, new technologies, new materials, a new mentality of society in relation to what is considered cold steel, in many ways different from the expert approach to this issue, etc.), etc.