Public Security & Digital Forensics in the United States: The Continued Need for Expanded Digital Systems for Security

Authors

Deborah G. Keeling, University of LouisvilleFollow
Michael Losavio, University of Louisville

Abstract

Digital Forensics is one of the latest challenges for the use of forensics in the investigative process in the United States. Some of the challenges are created by conditions and circumstances present for law enforcement around the world. However, many are unique to the United States and created by the standards of evidence within our courts, nature of our law enforcement organizations, and structure of our judicial and prosecutorial systems. It is essential for the preservation of public security and individual safety that competent systems of digital forensics are developed for law enforcement at all levels. The failure to do so will let the guilty avoid responsibility for their criminal actions while possibly subjecting the innocent to unprecedented government intrusion into their private lives.

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Recommended Citation

Keeling, Deborah G. and Losavio, Michael (2017) "Public Security & Digital Forensics in the United States: The Continued Need for Expanded Digital Systems for Security," Journal of Digital Forensics, Security and Law: Vol. 12 , Article 6.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.15394/jdfsl.2017.1452
Available at: https://commons.erau.edu/jdfsl/vol12/iss3/6