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The DNA Connection: International Updates
December 2008/January 2009
Ireland finally appears close to passing DNA databasing legislation.
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The Hash Algorithm Dilemma – Hash Value Collisions
December 2008/January 2009
Digital Evidence, like any other type of evidence, requires identification, collection, a chain of custody, examination/analysis, and finally authentication in court during presentation to the trier of fact.
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What Anthropology Brings to the Table
December 2008/January 2009
“We are drowning in information, while starving for wisdom. The world henceforth will be run by synthesizers, people able to put together the right information at the right time, think critically about it, and make important choices wisely.” (E.O. Wilson)
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Technical Paper: Expert Assistant Software Enables Forensic DNA Analysts to Confidently Process More Samples
December 2008/January 2009
As the demand for DNA testing continues to grow, laboratories begin to validate new methods and increase capability, only to learn that additional state or federal law now requires them to process even more samples.
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Video Enhancement of Facial Images
"There is no landscape that we know as well as the human face. Twenty-five odd square inches containing the features is the most intimately scrutinized piece of territory in existence, examined constantly, and carefully, with far more than an intellectual interest. Every detail of nose, eyes, and mouth, every regularity in proportion, every variation from one individual to the next, are matters about which we are all authorities."
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A companion to John Barbara's Computer Forensics Standards and Controls
(December 2007/January 2008 Forensic Magzine®)
Appropriate Standards and Controls in Computer Forensics
Appropriate standards and controls must always be specified in the analytical procedure and their use documented in the case notes. This is a necessary quality assurance practice which will ensure that forensic hardware, operating systems, and forensic software are working correctly. However, they must be used prior to imaging evidentiary digital media. Likewise, any forensic software tools that are updated from previous versions or newly installed forensic software must be performance verified and/or validated prior to their use in casework.
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The Scientific Working Group on Digital Evidence (SWGDE) has issued a position paper in response to John Barbara's articles on Standards and Controls (Forensic Magazine®, December 2007/January 2008 issue). Click here to view this paper on their website.
Additional information and comments can be directed to Walt Larkins, Executive Secretary of SWGDE at secretary@swgde.us |
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