Two families comprising six simple schemata, which reproduce with high accuracy the outputs of Bayesian belief networks as used in actual digital forensic investigations, are described, analyzed, and evaluated numerically. Their application as a forensic triage measure to help in deciding whether a full digital forensic investigation is warranted is critically discussed. The concept of a digita...

Forensic linguistics provides answers to four categories of inquiry in investigative and legal settings: (i) identification of author, language, or speaker; (ii) intertextuality, or the relationship between texts; (iii) text-typing or classification of text types such as threats, suicide notes, or predatory chat; and (iv) linguistic profiling to assess the author’s dialect, native language, age...

Digital forensic is part of forensic science that unconditionally covers cyber crimes. In a cyber crime digital forensic evidence examination requires a special process and techniques in examination of cyber crime in crime scene and examination of evidence are accepted in law enforcement. Cyber crime involves log data, transactional data is occurs which tends to plenty of data for storage and a...

Forensic psychiatry has evolved into a recognized specialty. Two core competencies, often overlooked but commonplace in forensic psychiatry, are the constructing of forensic reports and the presenting of oral testimony. This article concerns the written forensic report and conceptualizes it as performative writing. We first review the development of the forensic report's structure over the past...

Many digital forensic tools used by investigators were not originally designed for forensic applications. Even in the case of tools created with the forensic process in mind, there is the issue of assuring their reliability and dependability. Given the nature of investigations and the fact that the data collected and analyzed by the tools must be presented as evidence, it is important that digi...

BACKGROUND Routine outcome measures are increasingly being mandated across mental health services in Australia and overseas. This requirement includes forensic mental health services, but their utility in such specialist services and the inter-relationships between the measures remain unclear. This study sought to characterise the risks, needs and stages of recovery of an entire cohort of foren...

the aim of this study is to investigate the relationship between social capital among employees with their job performance in tehran's forensic medicine organization. the study population consisted of all the employees of tehran's forensic medicine organization in 2015 that based on available statistics are 120 employees that because of limited statistical population, sampling has not...

background: copper sulfate ingestion is a relatively popular method for committing suicide in indian subcontinent. it causes a high mortality rate, and so a growing concern has been raised to identify the severe alarming signs suggestive of poor prognosis and to improve treatment approaches. case report: a 22-year-old unmarried man working as a painter was found unconscious at his friend reside...

High-quality forensic evaluations can be critical for criminal cases brought before the court. In addition, forensic practitioners and mental health and forensic administrators have increasingly taken a broader view of the revolving door between the mental health and criminal justice systems. More attention is now paid to why individuals with mental disorders, including co-occurring substance u...

The field of forensic psychology has experienced remarkable growth over the past three decades. Perhaps the best evidence of this growth is the number of forensic psychology training programs currently enrolling students. Those interested in forensic psychology can choose from several types of programs aimed at different educational outcomes. In addition, opportunities for postdoctoral fellowsh...