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Digital evidence forensics

Biometrics In Corrections

Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
October 2000
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description

Up Close From a Distance

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

The Check Is In the Mail

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

A DNA Evidence Primer

Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
2000
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Training (Aid/Material)

An Explosive Database

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

Within Earshot

Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
2001
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Best Practice/State-of-the-Art Review

On Parole in New Mexico

Journal
Techbeat
Date Published
2005
Agencies
NIJ-Sponsored
Publication Type
Program/Project Description

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...