NCJ Number
213444
Date Published
2006
Length
330 pages
Annotation
The main sections of this book on computer-crime investigations address the establishment of standards for the investigation; guidelines for investigating particular types of computer crime; general principles for computer-crime investigation; and search, seizure, and digital evidence.
Abstract
Section I presents standards for computer-crime investigation, the computer-crime investigation team, viewing the computer system as a criminal tool, the computer crime lab, expert assistance, and the function of experts in a computer-crime investigation. Section 2 addresses the investigation of hardware and software crimes, the theft of information, cyberstalking, identity theft, and exemplary Federal cases. Section 3 focuses on the computer-crime investigation in general, initial assessment and response, applying forensic science techniques to computer crime, the basics of tracking the offender, and basic computer network systems. Section 4 has chapters that deal with search, seizure, digital evidence, fourth-amendment principles and computer searches, general rules of consent to a search, informants, undercover operatives, and the application of direct and circumstantial evidence. The appendixes contain information on identifying the computer components, understanding software, networks and communication systems, and a computer seizure checklist. 10 figures, 1 table, a glossary, and a subject index