Reconstructing the Past

Enhancing Police Operations: The Impact of CCTV in Monitoring, Incident Response, and Crime Investigation in Nairobi City County, Kenya

“…These investigations aim to answer fundamental questions surrounding a criminal incident, such as who committed the crime, what transpired, where and when it occurred, the motive, and the method employed (Fahsing, 2016). To address these questions, investigators typically examine suspects, crime scenes, potential motives, and timelines of events (Osterburg et al, 2019). High-quality CCTV footage can play a significant role in this process.…”

A Comprehensive Review of the Evolution and Future Directions of Digital Forensic Investigation Model

“…For instance, for investigating cyberattacks on an organization's network, a model emphasizing real-time monitoring, alerting, and response may be ideal [39]. For reconstructing past events related to criminal or civil cases, a model that follows legal standards and procedures may be more appropriate [40]. For conducting research or education on digital forensics methods and techniques, a model providing a general overview of the forensic process may be more useful than one that specifies detailed steps [41].…”

From Criminalistics to CSI: Warsaw. Practical methods of teaching criminalistics at the Department of Criminalistics, University of Warsaw

“…The most popular may be describing it as "the application of scientific principles and techniques to matters of criminal justice especially as relating to the collection, examination, and analysis of physical evidence" 13 and the other refers directly to the popularization by TV and its shortened form -forensics: "a fairly new, all-encompassing term, it characterizes the scientific examination of evidence. Owing to television and motion picture shows, the term is now generic and part of the vocabulary of the average person (and, therefore, jurors)" 14 . In Poland and several other countries, mainly from the middle and east Europe (Czech Republic, Cyprus, Georgia, Serbia) the more often used term is criminalistics (German: Kriminalistik, Polish: kryminalistyka).…”

“…An Introduction to Forensic Science" very clearly uses those 2 terms interchangeably and understands criminalistics/forensic science as: "the application of science to the criminal and civil laws that are enforced by police agencies in a criminal justice system" 15 . It is than broader than the other definition of criminalistics which limits it to the only a part of forensic science: "the branch of forensic science concerned with the scientific examination and interpretation of the minute details of physical evidence for the purpose of aiding the criminal investigator or a judge and jury during trail" 16 . Definitions of criminalistics (kryminalistyka) in Polish literature are much broader than those just quoted.…”