“…For instance, text, email, or social media messages sent between the complainant and the accused before or after an alleged sexual assault, security camera footage or cellphone photographs/video providing context for an alleged sexual assault, or even cellphone video/photo documentation of the alleged assault occurring each document the context or content of criminal activity (Bluett-Boyd, Fileborn, Quadara, & Moore, 2013; Dodge, 2018; Powell, 2010; Powell & Henry, 2018). Digital evidence, once regarded as existing only in a portion of criminal cases, in our digitized world commonly appears within all crime categories (Arnes, 2018; Horsman, 2017; Scanlan, 2011; Yar, 2013) and—according to our interviewees—is a factor in many (arguably most) cases of sexual assault. The notoriously difficult investigative process for sexual assault cases and the well-documented negative impacts of these investigations on victims (Jordan, 2008; Randall, 2010) warrant a better understanding of the particular potential and pitfalls digital evidence creates for sex crimes investigations.…”