The bad news is that non-computer people believe that the pertinent incriminating or exculpatory information will make itself known as soon as the digital investigator walks into the same room as the computer being examined. The good news about the near-constant references to computer forensics in television shows such as CSI and Law & Order is that the public is aware that a lot of information can be obtained from computers. The computer science basis provides the technical background that one needs to understand the devices being analyzed. The international flavor is an important contribution and segue to books specializing in international cyberlaws, particularly as an increasing number of digital investigations involve more than one country. laws with those of several other countries (albeit almost all in Europe). Indeed, the discussions of relevant statutes and decisional law is particularly interesting as it compares U.S.
In Casey's words, "This book draws from four fields: Law, Computer Science, Forensic Science, and Behavioral Evidence Analysis." A legal framework is essential to guiding the actual practice of computer forensics for both the criminal and civil investigator.
This is not meant to slight other excellent books that are out there, but no other book that I have seen has this text's balance of breadth and depth.
32, #3) issue of Criminal Justice Review.Įoghan Casey's Digital Evidence and Computer Crime is, in the opinion of this reviewer, the single most comprehensive, useful professional reference or graduate-level textbook in the computer forensics field today. Digital Evidence and Computer Crime: Forensics Science, Computers and the Internet, 2nd ed.Įlsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam © 2004Īn editted version of this book review was published in the September, 2007 (Vol.
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