Computational forensics

In his article, Dutelle (2008) details the subjective errors of omissions, false misrepresentation among other mistakes that are made knowingly or inadvertently by forensic investigators. The investigative processes involved in solving a criminal act possessing the presence of evidence through application of forensic science, he opines, can lead to wrong conclusion that has a ripple effect of wrong justice being meted out by the legal system on innocent individuals that relies on such. His…

Having to identify objects with certain tools can be frustrating sometimes, because you’re just not sure if you have the correct tools. Forensic scientist will always have the correct tools to identify objects or even people, such as dead bodies, murder weapons, or sometimes even identify a crime scene. This career might not be the most cleanse or probably not the prettiest, but it is an extremely active job that anybody can have. Working in the field is like working with family. Although, some…

Judge, Jackson, Shaw, Scott, and Rich (2007) performed a meta-analysis, which explored the impact of self-efficacy on task- and work-related performance, while holding individual variables constant. Through performing a multivariate analysis of these data, they found that the impact of self-efficacy on work performance was affected by several variables. Judge et al. (2007) found that self-efficacy provided greater incremental validity, or value added, when the complexity of the relevant job or…

in mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets, even while idleness times linger behind. This paper discusses four best sources of data that forensics experts hunger to get their hands on. They are log files, hard drives, mobiles devices, and social networking websites. Each of these sources has its own characteristics and techniques that the forensic investigators can use to explore hidden evidence. The paper also shows challenges that the investigators are facing in regards of collecting…

The discipline of forensic science has been under fire for quite some time now, and one can say that it is completely justified. Fraudulent and incompetent analysts, such as Annie Dookhan, have performed investigations in flawed crime labs, like that of the Baltimore crime lab, and through this process, have imprisoned the innocent, just as Cameron T. Willingham was falsely convicted. Issues occurred in all of these instances that allowed for the devaluing of the field of forensic science. If…

Forensic Science was never something I saw myself loving, let alone wanting to do as a career. It wasn’t even a thing to me until my senior year of high school. I’ve always wanted to be a music teacher because I love music and the ways it can change people, but that all changed in the middle of my senior year when I fell in love with Forensics. I want to be a Forensic Scientist because I want to change people’s lives and the way the world looks at science when it comes to investigating and…

are a number of jobs and one of those jobs is Computer Forensics. Now computer forensics is defined as the practice of collecting, analyzing and reporting on digital data in a way that is legally admissible (forensiccontrol.com. n.d.). All of this is done by the use of detecting and prevention of a crime as well as in any dispute where some evidence may be stored digitally. Furthermore, they follow the same or similar processes as other forensic disciplines, and faces some if not all of the same…

Digital Forensic Investigation (DFI), LLC has been contracted by American Marketing Systems (AMS) to perform a clandestine investigation of a suspected internal skimming operation involving an unknown number of employees in its marketing department or accounts receivable. AMS has just become aware of this predicament, but are unaware of the how the skimming operation is being conducted. DFI has been contracted by AMS to ascertain if a skimming operation exists, and if so, who is implicated and…

The term "forensic" means "in open court"(vocabulary.com). Forensics is a broad array of sciences used for both legal and criminal purposes. Help to solve crimes using analysis of physical evidence compared with evidence with suspects. A Forensic science technician or also known as, forensic scientist, crime scene investigator, or Criminalist, is responsible for collecting, analyzing, and preserving physical evidence to aid in investigations. The contributions they make to today's world can seem…

Forensic Sciences: the History, the Advancements, and the Achievements Could you get away with murder? Hundreds of years ago you probably could, but today with all the advancements that have been made in technology and forensic science many of the toughest cases are solved that couldn’t be before. While forensic science might not always be 100% accurate, it has developed a lot since it was first practiced and without using forensic science a lot of crimes would go unsolved. Forensic science…