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Digital evidence forensics

Taking the Byte Out

Date Published
2002
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical)

JUSTNET Goes to College

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

Training All Locked Up

Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
2001
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description

Counting on Biometrics

Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
2003
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description

SMART Offenders

Date Published
2005
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Report (Technical), Program/Project Description, Technical Assistance

FileTSAR Final Report

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

White Collar Crime

November 2009

The subprime mortgage industry collapse has led to a record number of foreclosures. In this environment, the interest mortgage fraud has risen, along with questions of how fraud contributed to the crisis. Henry Pontell and Sally Simpson discuss what they have learned about investigating and prosecuting white-collar criminals, the role of corporate ethics in America, and what policymakers and lawyers can learn from evidence of fraud.

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...