ABSTRACT
Forensic Science The precise date when forensic science began is unclear as there are many different fields in which forensic science can be applied. Certainly, people have been trying to determine how people died
Contents Forensic Science ...................................................................................................................... 279
What Does It Take to Be a Digital Forensic Investigator? .....................................................281 What Are the Trends and Challenges in Digital Forensics? .................................................. 282 Resources Available to Digital Forensic Investigators ........................................................... 285
Conclusion .............................................................................................................................. 285
for thousands of years. In the Chinese book Hsi Duan Yu (The Washing Away of Wrongs), which appeared around 1248, the author details methods to distinguish the effects of different ways of dying; for example, death by drowning as opposed to death by strangulation. Nearly 700 years later, the first crime laboratory was established in the United States by the Los Angeles Sheriff Department in 1930. Howard Schmidt, who served as an advisor to President George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, is credited with establishing the first U.S. government digital forensics laboratory. Although forensic science has been evolving for many centuries, digital forensics is a relatively new development.
