ABSTRACT
The world of criminalistics has changed in the last few years. Not only has there been a shift in how the
popular media portray crime scene investigations (e.g., television shows such as CSI, CSI Miami, NCIS),
but there has also been a change in demands placed on crime scene investigators. It has been estimated
that, today, 80% of all cases have some form of digital evidence. As evidence quickly moves from being
physical and document based to digital and electronic, the knowledge, skills, and abilities of those
charged with identifying, collecting, and analyzing evidence must adapt to meet these new demands.
Some, in the new emerging field of digital forensics, have suggested that, due to the unique nature of
computers, networks, and digital evidence, traditional approaches to crime scene analysis must be
abandoned in favor of new methods, techniques, and tools (Rogers and Seigfried 2004).
