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Digital evidence forensics

JUSTNET Goes to College

NCJ Number
211890
Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
2002
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description

FileTSAR Final Report

NCJ Number
254635
Date Published
April 2019
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Research (Applied/Empirical), Program/Project Description

Digital & Multimedia Evidence

Computers are used for committing crime, and, thanks to the burgeoning science of digital evidence forensics, law enforcement now uses computers to fight crime.

Digital evidence is information stored or transmitted in binary form that may be relied on in court. It can be found on a computer hard drive, a mobile phone, among other place s. Digital evidence is commonly associated with electronic crime...