A Framework for Harmonizing Forensic Science Practices and Digital/Multimedia Evidence

Jaquet-Chiffelle, David-Olivier; Casey, Eoghan; Pollitt, Mark; Gladyshev, Pavel

doi:10.29325/osac.ts.0002

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“…Ce mouvement puissant, bien que de facto dominant, est toutefois contesté par une expression plus avancée d'une transversalité forensique plus apte à intégrer les fragments technologiques (Pollitt et al 2018 ;Roux et al 2022).…”

Section: Les Années 1970 Comme Tournant Décisif Vers La Spécialisationunclassified

De la police scientifique à la traçologie

Ribaux

2023

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Le rôle de la police scientifique est d’abord d’exploiter les traces laissées lors d’activités criminelles. Elle est aujourd’hui équipée de technologies de traçabilité si puissantes que celles-ci ont, en peu de temps, démultiplié la quantité et la variété de données mises à disposition de l’enquête judiciaire et du renseignement criminel. Or cette évolution rapide a paradoxalement eu pour conséquence une remise en question du rôle, du statut et de l’action de la police scientifique : qu’attend-on aujourd’hui de ces services ? Que sont-ils supposés conclure à partir de données devenues aussi considérables que spécialisées et fragmentées ? L’auteur décrit comment la police scientifique évolue vers une nouvelle discipline appelée « traçologie ». Celle-ci s’oppose à l’hyper-spécialisation en encourageant les professionnels à adopter une vision d’ensemble essentielle pour résoudre des enquêtes complexes, analyser la criminalité sérielle et renseigner l’action de sécurité. Un ouvrage manifeste, principalement destiné aux criminalistes et criminologues concernés par l’avenir de la police scientifique, mais aussi à tous les professionnels de la sécurité, qui trouveront dans ces pages des méthodes et des modèles directement applicables, aux étudiants en sciences criminelles, aux chercheurs en quête d’interdisciplinarité et au public intéressé par les méthodes d’investigation et curieux d’en découvrir les arcanes.

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De la police scientifique à la traçologie

Ribaux

2023

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“…The digital forensics community has evolved until now too independently from the field of forensic science for supporting this vision. This is changing by a cross fertilization movement, where the terms have been redefined and cover a broader and integrative view on the forensic contribution (Pollitt, Casey, Jaquet-Chiffelle, & Gladyshev, 2018). This is a step towards the creation in professional practices of an homogenous forensic ecosystem that makes the best use and account of the information available along evaluative, investigative, and intelligence processes (Casey, 2019).…”

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Digital Transformations in Forensic Science and Their Impact on Policing

Ribaux

Delémont

Baechler

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Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies

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The technologies used in forensic science are now more easily transportable, fast and useable in the field by non-specialists. They help detect, collect and analyze a large volume of new and more diverse traces generated by criminal activities. These changes, in order of magnitude, induce the rapid digital transformations of forensic processes, requiring, in turn, a radical shift in roles and tasks within traditional forensic and police structures, as well as in the criminal justice system as a whole. In this chapter, examples are presented to help characterize these developments that are subject to many tensions. The new situation and its complexity prompt interrogations about the suitability of a law enforcement paradigm of policing that mainly define the scope of forensic science as an ancillary to the Criminal Justice System. The current context offers instead many opportunities to express the value of forensic thinking in proactive policing. Traceology, as the science of traces, is proposed as the overarching approach to pave the way for balanced, regulated and efficient approaches to intelligence and policing.

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“…Those practitioners operating without formal tool training may find it more difficult to detect a TE or in turn, may be susceptible to a tool UE. Similarly, laboratories which prioritise speed of examination may subsequently increase their vulnerability to practitioner UEs (Pollitt et al, 2018). Finally, effective management and supervision may also limit or prevent tool UEs from remaining undetected through effective work scrutinisation policies by those with the requisite experience.…”

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“I couldn't find it your honour, it mustn't be there!” – Tool errors, tool limitations and user error in digital forensics

Horsman

2018

Science & Justice

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The field of digital forensics maintains significant reliance on the software it uses to acquire and investigate forms of digital evidence. Without these tools, analysis of digital devices would often not be possible. Despite such levels of reliance, techniques for validating digital forensic software are sparse and research is limited in both volume and depth. As practitioners pursue the goal of producing robust evidence, they face the onerous task of both ensuring the accuracy of their tools and, their effective use. Whilst tool errors provide one issue, establishing a tool's limitations also provides an investigatory challenge leading the potential for practitioner user-error and ultimately a grey area of accountability. This article debates the problems surrounding digital forensic tool usage, evidential reliability and validation.

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A Framework for Harmonizing Forensic Science Practices and Digital/Multimedia Evidence

Abstract: Like many other specializations within forensic science, the digital/multimedia discipline has been challenged with respect to demonstrating that the processes, activities, and techniques used are sufficiently scientific.

Cited by 25 publications

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De la police scientifique à la traçologie

De la police scientifique à la traçologie

Digital Transformations in Forensic Science and Their Impact on Policing

“I couldn't find it your honour, it mustn't be there!” – Tool errors, tool limitations and user error in digital forensics

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