background : the most frequent use of diatoms in forensic science is the diagnosis of death due to drowning. the basic principle of diatom test in drowning is based on the inference that diatoms are present in medium where drowning took place and the inhaled water enters the alveolar spaces of lungs and penetrates from the alveoli into the blood circulation, thus microscopic unicellular algae c...

Forensic computing is an emerging academic discipline and professional field. Most publications in the area concentrate on technical issues related to the provision of digital evidence that can stand up to scrutiny in a court of law. There is a generally shared assumption that forensic computing activities are legitimate and in the best interests of society. This article aims to shed doubt on t...

Background: DNA markers are inevitable tools of human identification in forensic science. Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms (SNPs) are one category of these markers which is concerned to use especially in the case of degraded DNA because of their short amplicons. Objectives: Detection of highly informative SNPs by the criteria is the essential step to devel...

Title of dissertation: DIGITAL MULTIMEDIA FORENSICS AND ANTI-FORENSICS Matthew C. Stamm, Doctor of Philosophy, 2012 Dissertation directed by: Professor K. J. Ray Liu Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering As the use of digital multimedia content such as images and video has increased, so has the means and the incentive to create digital forgeries. Presently, powerful editing software...

The professions of law and psychiatry are currently interacting with significant intensity and frequency to the extent that involvement of the mental health professional in a wide ranging number of legal arenas has become an essential adjunct to the fair and equitable dispensation of justice. The psychiatrist may become involved in civil matters dealing with testamentary capacity, contractual c...

Digital forensic examiners are tasked with retrieving data from digital storage devices, and frequently these examiners are expected to explain the circumstances that led to the data being in its current state. Through written reports or verbal, expert testimony delivered in court, digital forensic examiners are expected to describe whether data have been altered, and if so, then to what extent...

Several directors of institutes of forensic and legal medicine in German-speaking areas have noticed a lack of young doctors with specialty qualifications (full board certification) in forensic medicine during recent years. The pilot study was intended to brainstorm the possible reasons for this shortage, by carrying out a survey of doctors working in departments of forensic medicine, paying pa...