Digital Transformations in Forensic Science and Their Impact on Policing

Ribaux, O; Delemont, O; Baechler, S; Roux, C; Crispino, F

Digital Transformations in Forensic Science and Their Impact on Policing

Ribaux, O Delemont, O Baechler, S Roux, C

Crispino, F

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Publisher:: Palgrave Macmillan
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Citation:: Policing in an Age of Reform: An Agenda for Research and Practice, 2021, pp. 173-191
Issue Date:: 2021

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dc.contributor.author	Ribaux, O
dc.contributor.author	Delemont, O
dc.contributor.author	Baechler, S
dc.contributor.author	Roux, C https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3610-420X
dc.contributor.author	Crispino, F
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dc.date.issued	2021
dc.identifier.citation	Policing in an Age of Reform: An Agenda for Research and Practice, 2021, pp. 173-191
dc.identifier.isbn	3030567648
dc.identifier.isbn	9783030567644
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dc.description.abstract	Forensic technologies are now more easily transportable, fast and useable in the field by non-specialists. They help detect, collect and analyse a large volume of new and diverse traces generated by criminal activities. These changes, in order of magnitude, induce rapid digital transformations of forensic processes, requiring a radical shift in roles and tasks for traditional forensic and police structures. Examples are presented to help characterise these developments that are subject to many tensions. The new complex situation prompts interrogations about the suitability of a law enforcement paradigm of policing that mainly define the scope of forensic science as ancillary to the criminal justice system. The current context offers instead many opportunities to express the value of forensic thinking in proactive policing. Traceology, as the science of traces, is proposed as the overarching approach to pave the way for balanced, regulated and efficient approaches to intelligence and policing.
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dc.language	en
dc.publisher	Palgrave Macmillan
dc.relation.ispartof	Policing in an Age of Reform: An Agenda for Research and Practice
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Palgrave's Critical Policing Studies
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dc.rights	This is a post-peer-review, pre-copyedit version of a chapter published in [Policing in an Age of Reform: An Agenda for Research and Practice, 2021, pp. 173-191]. The final authenticated version is available online at https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-56765-1_11]”
dc.title	Digital Transformations in Forensic Science and Their Impact on Policing
dc.type	Chapter
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Strength - CFS - Centre for Forensic Science
pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Science/School of Mathematical and Physical Sciences
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Abstract:

Forensic technologies are now more easily transportable, fast and useable in the field by non-specialists. They help detect, collect and analyse a large volume of new and diverse traces generated by criminal activities. These changes, in order of magnitude, induce rapid digital transformations of forensic processes, requiring a radical shift in roles and tasks for traditional forensic and police structures. Examples are presented to help characterise these developments that are subject to many tensions. The new complex situation prompts interrogations about the suitability of a law enforcement paradigm of policing that mainly define the scope of forensic science as ancillary to the criminal justice system. The current context offers instead many opportunities to express the value of forensic thinking in proactive policing. Traceology, as the science of traces, is proposed as the overarching approach to pave the way for balanced, regulated and efficient approaches to intelligence and policing.

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