THE UBIQUITOUS silicon chip is in our cars, our homes, our businesses and just about every area of commercial, industrial and domestic life. So it’s no wonder that when things go wrong, fingers are pointed at electronics and built-in software.
It’s also no surprise that disputes find their way into every type of resolution forum from mediation through arbitration and litigation in jurisdictions throughout the world.
IN 1835 FOX TALBOT revolutionised the photographic process by developing the ability to reproduce images from a negative. In the 21st century we have images represented as numbers and we are theoretically able to manipulate them in any way that we choose.
The development of the computerised age and the introduction of digital image enhancement have brought many benefits, and many questions, especially in relation to the investigative process and the use of this technology within the judicial system.
SOME of the best sources of forensic data are mobile phones, computer hard drives and digital devices such as memory sticks and digital cameras.
Despite many highprofile Crown Court and Magistrates’ Court trials, criminals still leave data trails that can be followed and used in evidence to convict the guilty. In this article I shall look at some of the main options open to the forensic data recovery specialist.
COMPUTER FORENSICS can create mountains of data, complicating and confusing the simplest of cases. When the number of exhibits containing electronic evidence multiplies, the challenge is analogous to finding a needle in a haystack.
Reports from forensic investigators can become over-burdened with data, often with very little real ‘information’ to substantiate the case arguments and determine when events occurred.
Bulldog by Stephen M Grant (UPSO). WHAT would you do if the justice system failed you?
That is the question posed in Stephen Grant’s breathtaking thriller about a woman (Alex Stephenson) who loses her family to a drunk driver, and then begins a life as a vigilante when he is acquitted of their deaths. The question is one which becomes increasingly difficult to answer as you find yourself rooting for what effectively is a mass murderer.
