Handbook of Research on Computational Forensics, Digital Crime, and Investigation: Methods and Solutions: 9781605668369: Security & Forensics Books

Publication Status: E-Book and Print Version Available for Purchase

ISBN13: 9781605668369

EISBN13: 9781605668376

DOI: 10.4018/978-1-60566-836-9

Description:

Due to the rise of digital crime and the pressing need for methods of combating these forms of criminal activities, there is an increasing awareness of the importance of digital forensics and investigation.

The Handbook of Research on Computational Forensics, Digital Crime, and Investigation: Methods and Solutions addresses a broad range of electronic devices and software for crime prevention and investigation. This defining body of research covers a wide spectrum of topics useful to a broad cross-sectional and multi-disciplinary readership ranging from academic and professional research communities to industry consultants and practitioners.

Coverage:

The many academic areas covered in this publication include, but are not limited to:

Biometrical processing of faces
Device identification
Digital camera photographic provenance
Digital image authentication
Face modeling
Face Recognition
Fingerprint forensic tool for criminal investigation
Multimedia document authentication
Multimedia forensic techniques
Technologies in biometrics

Search this Book:

Reset

Indexing

Reviews

This handbook is intended for students, researchers, law enforcement personnel, and IT and multimedia practitioners involved in the use, design, and development of digital devices and techniques for forensics and crime prevention. In addition to devices, the book also considers legal issues and information security.

– Sci Tech Book News, BookNews.com

This book embraces a broad range of digital crime and forensics disciplines that use electronic devices and software for crime prevention and investigation, and addresses legal issues and trends in information security regulations.

– Chang-Tsun Li, University of Warwick, UK

Chang-Tsun Li received the B.E. degree in electrical engineering from Chung-Cheng Institute of Technology (CCIT), National Defense University, Taiwan, in 1987, the MSc degree in computer science from U. S. Naval Postgraduate School, USA, in 1992, and the Ph.D. degree in computer science from the University of Warwick, UK, in 1998. He was an associate professor of the Department of Electrical Engineering at CCIT during 1998-2002 and a visiting professor of the Department of Computer Science at U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in the second half of 2001. He is currently Professor of the Department of Computer Science at the University of Warwick, UK, a Fellow of British Computer Society, the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Digital Crime and Forensics, an editor of the International Journal of Imaging (IJI) and an associate editor of the International Journal of Applied Systemic Studies (IJASS) and the International Journal of Computer Sciences and Engineering Systems (IJCSE). He has involved in the organisation of a number of international conferences and workshops and also served as member of the international program committees for several international conferences. He is also the coordinator of the international joint project entitled Digital Image and Video Forensics funded through the Marie Curie Industry-Academia Partnerships and Pathways (IAPP) under the EU’s Seventh Framework Programme from June 2010 to May 2014. His research interests include digital forensics, multimedia security, bioinformatics, computer vision, image processing, pattern recognition, evolutionary computation, machine learning and content-based image retrieval.

All IGI Global Scientific Publishing content is archived via the CLOCKSS and LOCKSS initiative. Additionally, all IGI Global Scientific Publishing published content is available in the IGI Global Scientific Publishing InfoSci® platform.

We are committed to continually improving our platform to meet WCAG standards. We have used automated scans as well as manual review to identify and resolve compatibility issues. Our goal is to ensure all of our content is easily accessible to all users.

Current Accessibility Implementations
Screen reader compatible web pages with properly labeled elements.
Text alternatives for non-text content so it can be changed into large print, braille, speech, symbols, or simpler language.
User interface can be navigated using only a keyboard - no keyboard traps.
Consistent navigation on all web pages.
Meaningful section heading are used to organize content in a logical manner.
Logical focus order of elements on each web page.
No web pages contain any flashing, or design elements that are known to cause seizures or physical reactions.
Text has high contrast, with a contrast ratio of at least 4.5:1.
Responsive design, with text that can be resized without loss of content or functionality.

Learn More