The opening of this research paper discusses a personal reflection on Troy University’s CJ 4482 curriculum through an elaborate and collaborative analysis that details the job duties of digital forensic investigators. The second portion of this paper dissects the methodology notating specific actions that are vital to the identification, preservation, and transportation of electronic evidence. Adherence to new and evolving protocols and behaviors take center stage in this reflection in order to ensure the importance of identification, preservation and collection in the forensic process is achieved. The summation of the paper reviews the deontological perspective, which is more black and white, puts focus on doing the right thing, regardless
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Specifically, these methods denote a standard order for their practicum. The significance in adhering to the fifteen crucial steps from beginning to end of the process of evidentiary practices was made clear (National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2017). For instance, a chain of custody form must be completed when investigators first arrive on the scene, and preserved until after the evidence appears in court for prosecutorial purposes. These steps have been developed in an effort to ensure the protection of digital evidence during the process of identification, preservation, and collection (National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2017). However, in order to bolster conversations, Professor Daniel provided during week 1 the foundational definition of digital evidence, which he said is, “information and data of value to an investigation that is stored on, received, or transmitted by an electronic device.” Even though the definition has importance, it is essential to understand the process which is determined through its application. For instance, in the process forensics investigators interacts with and influences others to study the facts behind digital evidence, which are concealed digital evidence that is comparable to DNA or fingerprints; it is also multi-jurisdictional because it transverses borders effortlessly; lastly, it can be ruined, impaired, and modified without difficulty, …show more content…
Therefore, anything that happens during the search and seizure, the transportation of evidence, as well as the storage must maintain its integrity for intention of being reviewed and analyzed on a deeper
Specifically, these methods denote a standard order for their practicum. The significance in adhering to the fifteen crucial steps from beginning to end of the process of evidentiary practices was made clear (National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2017). For instance, a chain of custody form must be completed when investigators first arrive on the scene, and preserved until after the evidence appears in court for prosecutorial purposes. These steps have been developed in an effort to ensure the protection of digital evidence during the process of identification, preservation, and collection (National Criminal Justice Reference Service, 2017). However, in order to bolster conversations, Professor Daniel provided during week 1 the foundational definition of digital evidence, which he said is, “information and data of value to an investigation that is stored on, received, or transmitted by an electronic device.” Even though the definition has importance, it is essential to understand the process which is determined through its application. For instance, in the process forensics investigators interacts with and influences others to study the facts behind digital evidence, which are concealed digital evidence that is comparable to DNA or fingerprints; it is also multi-jurisdictional because it transverses borders effortlessly; lastly, it can be ruined, impaired, and modified without difficulty, …show more content…
Therefore, anything that happens during the search and seizure, the transportation of evidence, as well as the storage must maintain its integrity for intention of being reviewed and analyzed on a deeper