Digital forensic methodology deviates significantly relative to the methods of other forensic sciences for numerous practical reasons, and it has been largely influenced by factors derived from the inception and evolution of this relatively new and rapidly changing field. Digital forensics...

DNA became a valuable forensic tool in identifying the source of physical evidence left at a crime scene. The use of restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis in the mid-1980s was replaced by polymerase chain reaction methods, which required less high-molecular-weight DNA, were more...

This edited collection addresses the major issues encountered in the calculation of economic damages to individuals in civil litigation. In federal and state courts in the United States, as well as in other nations, when one party sues another, the suing party is required not only to prove that...

Preface -- Contents -- Notes on Contributors -- List of Tables -- Chapter 1: An Introduction to the Field of Forensic Economics -- Notes -- References -- Chapter 2: The Meaning of Earning Capacity -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Definitions -- 2.3 Supply and Demand -- 2.3.1 The Supply Side -- 2.3.2...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to provide a rationale and step‐by‐step description of how to use rhetorical criticism as a method for accounting for organizational isomorphism in organizational fields. Design/methodology/approach – The idea that rhetoric is an important form of...

Some institutional structures for inquiry produce better approximations to truth than others. The current institutional structure of police forensics gives each lab a monopoly in the analysis of the police evidence it receives. Forensic workers have inadequate incentives to produce reliable...