Forensic toxicology

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…

In the world of law enforcement and forensics, there are many different careers to choose from. Forensic Photography is an unusual choices within the field, it requires a certain degree of education and training while providing a reasonable salary and varied work environment. From CreativeSkillSet they define a forensic photographer as “Forensic Photographers produce a permanent visual record of accidents and crime scenes for use as evidence in court. Forensic photographs are used for…

In computer forensic investigation, the first pro-active step is that of acquisition. However, the method used for data acquisition by a forensics investigator plays a major role in influencing the admissibility of electronic evidence to be used in a court or law, or the reliability of any other relevant information required when dealing with computer forensic cases at the organizational level (Dykstra & Sherman, 2012). Different data acquisition techniques allow for the recovery of electronic…

For this specific case, I would need forensic tools that allow me to conduct an efficient incident investigation. The two main software I would use for this forensic investigation case are EnCase by Guidance Software and the Forensic Toolkit by AccessData which both provide hard drive imaging, graphics searching, keyword searches, and MD5 & SHA checksums (Albrecht, n.d.). Other tools I would use including FTK Imager, SANS Investigative Forensic Toolkit, Helix 3 Pro, Volatility, PTK, COFEE, and…

Preserving and maintaining evidence in a forensic lab that was collected at a scene is crucial when conducting an investigation. A device that is suspected to contain digital evidence should be packaged in a proper way; it should be packaged based on sizes and sensitivity. Collection process should be documented by using photograph or video camera at the scene. Storage drives should be well labelled to indicated details such as the date, time and location where it was collected and the nature of…

It is necessary in order to carry out a professional research, the digital forensic investigator will need to follow strict and specific techniques for data acquisition, maintenance of evidences to avoid data alteration/destruction, information analysis, and final presentation of the results obtained. (Androulidakis. 2012). Taking into account that the device selected for a digital forensic research was used for a criminal activity, how can the researcher find relevant information…

main goal of a computer forensic investigator is to conduct investigations through the application of evidence gathered from digital data. As a forensic investigator, it’s important to have a strong understanding of the different types of evidence that maybe encountered and the appropriate steps for retrieving and preserving it. The information that is collected during an investigation is extremely fragile and must be properly processed. In order to accomplish this, forensic scientists use a…

Forensic Psychology Portrayed in the Media Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, created by Dick Wolf, is a television show that follows detectives who work towards investigating and solving sexually based crimes (CTV WEBSITE source 1). Season 14 episode 19 called “Born Psychopath” follows a wealthy family of four whose ten year old son, Henry, begins tormenting his family and neighbors within his building (NETFLIX, SOURCE 2). Forensic psychology is “the practice of psychology within or in…

Career Field Report: Criminal Profiler High school was a hard time for me because I didn’t like school at all. My junior and senior year I was home schooled through K12 Online Public School. I wasn’t planning on going to college at all until the middle of my senior year I really started to think about going to college. In May 2012 I applied to go to Sheridan College and was thinking about the Criminal Justice because I was leaning towards being an attorney. I declared my major as Criminal…