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Digital Evidence: Information of probative value stored or transmitted in binary form (1).
Modern society relies on electronic devices more and more. The Internet, computers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), cellular phones, and a wide variety of digital storage devices are part of most people’s daily activities. It is no different for criminals. Therefore, we must anticipate the existence of digital evidence and be prepared to collect it from traditional sources as well as from new sources as they are developed and deployed.
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Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence SWGDE and SWGIT Combined Master Glossary of Terms. Available at http://www.swgde.org.
National Institute of Justice Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for First Responders. Available at http://www.ncjrs.gov/txtfiles1/nij/187736.txt.
For the purposes of this chapter, the term digital crime scene investigator will be used to represent anyone, sworn or nonsworn, who is assigned specifically to conduct searches for digital evidence.
The term subjects is used in this chapter to denote someone of investigative interest. These individuals may or may not be suspected of a crime.
Paragraph Order (SMEAC): beginUL Situation: describe what the current situation is. Mission: describe what the current mission is. Execution: describe how the mission will be carried out. Administration and Logistics: describe how administrative duties and logistical support will be handled. Command and Signals: describe who the persons in authority are and any special signals that need to be recognized. endUL Available at http://www.leatherneck.com/forums/archive/index.php/t-324.html.
Digital crime scene investigators may, with the agreement of the case investigator and subject to department regulations, conduct interviews. It is suggested that, should the digital crime scene investigator not be sworn, that the interview be conducted by sworn personnel with the digital crime scene investigator participating. Regardless of the digital crime scene investigator’s status, it is recommended that this interview be separately documented from the search and any on-scene examination.
18 U.S.C. textsection 2510 et seq.
18 U.S.C. textsection 2703 et seq.
See Federal Rule of Evidence 803(6).
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Pollitt, M.M. (2008). The Digital Crime Scene. In: Barbara, J.J. (eds) Handbook of Digital and Multimedia Forensic Evidence. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59745-577-0_5
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