Criminalistic characteristic of violent crimes in Lithuania

Forgery of Documents, Arising Responsibility Under Criminal Law

“…In Latin, documentum in ancient Rome denoted everything that meant an instructive image, testimony or any material object with certain information recorded in it (Kuzavinis, 1996). Until there were no written documents, Roman law used several different ways of recording legal relationships and agreements, i.e., various serial signs, photographs, drawings, records and witness statements.…”

“…It is still difficult to find documents on the essence of the sources of evidence, which worsens the work of pre-trial investigation institutions and courts, the quality of the criminal process, that is, the investigation of criminal acts. After a closer examination of the document's meaning in the legal literature, the most important, considering the use, falsification and creation of documents, judicial tactics (Kurapka and Matulienė, 2013) would be found in the Law of the Republic of Lithuania on State and Service Regulations: This is the document, "fixed information, regardless of the way it is recorded, and information media (graphic works, performed in various ways: to write by hand. To print out in a press, to type out, to collect on a computer, to draw, video or audio recordings, computer information media, film and photo negatives, positives and other information mass) that is, in any way or by any means, such information carriers have been created."…”