Law Institute’s Department of Forensic Science and Criminalistics provides masterclasses for schoolchildren

The masterclasses on Forensic Science and Criminalistics within the Doors Open Day continue the University’s series of career guidance events. In the welcoming speech to the guests, the head of the Department of Forensic Science and Criminalistics Natalia Zhukova stated the ever relevance of a forensic science technician’s job both in the law enforcement sphere and in public life.

Under the guidance of the Department’s Associate Professor Sergey Mamin, a second-year master's degree student Diana Oksenenko demonstrated the possibilities of using the ULARUS universal reproduction unit, designed to collect and preserve material evidence and traces of a crime for various examinations to follow.

The Department’s Associate Professor Inna Yaroshchuk conducted a session of tuition using paper money, among which were real and counterfeit banknotes. She spoke about the security features, as well as what methods criminals used to forge money.

The guests also had an opportunity to see the advanced educational infrastructure, the Department’s equipment, its laboratories and crime scene training facilities. The schoolchildren also learned about the ADIS Papillon-7 system. Each guest could try himself or herself in taking fingerprints and received an own fingerprint card made by the ADIS Papillon Live Scanner.

After showing the work of the professional equipment, a fifth-year student Artem Shapovalov gave the schoolchildren a tour round the Museum of Criminalistics named after Ivan Putilin.

Next time the Law Institute’s Department of Forensic Science and Criminalistics will conduct the Doors Open Days on March 24-28, 2025.