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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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
The project aims to deliver a cutting-edge software platform for the examination of digital media, which will address the market need for better tools in digital forensics investigations.
Forensic science is an important tool in the fight against crime and this proposal will build on cutting edge research to create technology that will revolutionise the way DNA fingerprinting can be used at crime scenes t...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: University of Hull
The project aims to develop a portable device for DNA fingerprinting at crime scenes, which partially addresses the need for improving speed and accuracy in forensic approaches.
With the growth of the world-wide web (WWW), there has been a corresponding growth in crimes that use the WWW. Specialist law enforcement investigators are ever more frequently required to examine PCs, laptops, mobile ph...
Funded by: EPSRC
Lead research organisation: King's College London
The project aims to address the shortage of digital forensic examiners and the challenge of alternative explanations for digital evidence, partially addressing the need for improving speed and accuracy in forensic approaches.