Constructing secure evidential cases against offenders in a changing technological context.

Background

Crimes such as homicide and theft, and drugs such as heroin and cocaine have always been of public concern, and there has been a recent focus on areas such as child sexual abuse, modern slavery, new psychoactive substances, online fraud, and online indecent images of children.

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Related UKRI funded projects

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    Funded by: EPSRC

    Lead research organisation: King's College London

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    This project aims to address the issue of constructing secure evidential cases against offenders in a changing technological context by quantifying digital forensic investigations and their evidence.

  • Innovative Cloud-Based Application for Evidence and Data Presentation in Court Cases

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    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: SRI FORENSICS LTD

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project proposes an innovative cloud-based application for evidence and data presentation in court cases, which can partially address the issue of constructing secure evidential cases against offenders in a changing technological context.

  • Teesside University and Acume Forensics Limited

    To develop a cross platform Evidence Exploration System that automatically ingests, stores and searches civil and criminal law evidence bundles for review and disclosure securely and accurately using artificial intellige...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: TEESSIDE UNIVERSITY

    Why might this be relevant?

    This project aims to develop a cross-platform Evidence Exploration System that automatically ingests, stores, and searches law evidence bundles for review and disclosure, which can partially address the issue of constructing secure evidential cases against offenders in a changing technological context.

  • NEXUS: Next-generation Evidence eXamination Underpinned by Semantics — A First-of-a-kind AI Platform for Digital Forensics Investigations

    The police face an uphill struggle against criminals. This struggle is aggravated by globalisation and the widespread availability and increasing capabilities of the Internet, and the mass market for digital technology, ...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: SEMANTICS 21 LTD

  • Understanding the Use of Digital Forensics in Policing in England and Wales: An Ethnographic Analysis of Current Practices and Professional Dynamics

    Digital evidence can reveal a suspect's intent to commit an offence and help establish when events occurred, where victims and suspects were and with whom they communicated. It has been increasingly used in examinations ...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: UNIVERSITY OF EXETER

  • CRITiCaL - Combatting cRiminals In The CLoud

    The Cloud is an emerging technology that offers democratic access to computing power, data storage, software and services often for a small pay-per-use cost. Like any new technology the Cloud has potential for great good...

    Funded by: EPSRC

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    Over 90% of reported crime involves a digital device, and the increased use of digital devices in criminality has resulted in significant backlogs within the departments that forensically examine these devices. Despite t...

    Funded by: ESRC

    Lead research organisation: University College London

  • Bournemouth University and Bluestar Software Limited KTP 22_23 R2

    To develop novel AI solutions for law enforcement agencies to automatically assess the value of evidential material to assist in the investigative process and improve the detection of crime. Extend the capability to deri...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION

  • Interdisciplinary Centre for Finding, Understanding and Countering Crime in the Cloud

    The Cambridge Interdisciplinary Centre for Crime in the Cloud (CICCC) will combine the diverse range of skills available in the Institute of Criminology, the Faculty of Law and the Computer Laboratory at the University o...

    Funded by: EPSRC

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  • D-Figo and D-safe - Digital Evidence Management Solution

    Computer Science Labs Ltd (CSL) is a spin-off from Data Clinic Ltd (DC), a specialist computer support service company delivering data recovery products, technology, solutions and services to its clients. The B2B brand C...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Lead research organisation: COMPUTER SCIENCE LABS LIMITED

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