http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/08/100804122715.htm
There have been newly developed tests that will make it a lot easier to match DNA samples to suspects. Police will be able to check if the DNA matches while the person is still being processed and before they decide whether or not to put them on bail. Many criminals are immediatly put up for bail, even though they may be of the most dangerous people out there. These quicker DNA tests will help keep them locked up for good. To create this quick test forensic scientists created a chip that can copy and analyze DNA. So all the police have to do is swab a suspects mouth and the chip does the rest. Scientists are already optimizing it to two hours.
This article affects humanity because it will help keep murderers and dangerous criminals locked up without bail and off the streets. It will also help keep people from being wrongfully condemned of a crime from going to jail. It will make it easier to see who the real criminals are.
The article was written well, but it could have used real world examples instead of being general. It would have made the article more interesting. The article is also really well written because it gets straight to the point and doesn't waste time with useless details.
Monday, September 27, 2010
Sunday, September 26, 2010
Parameters For Selecting A Triage Tool
http://www.forensicmag.com/article/parameters-selecting-triage-tool?page=0,1
Can anything really be deleted offline? Is it true, if someone were to erase their past history, no one could ever find out what they were looking at? The answers to these questions are obviously no, everything can be traced online. There are many ways for investigators to receive past online history. A way in which is beginning to flourish are the triage tools. These tools are made to capture data from a live system meaning they can keep the data long after “plug is pulled.”
Triaging a computer can be a very important aspect for investigators because it can provide them with the methodology to quickly assess a computer’s relevance to an investigation prior to removing its power and seizure. Using these tools, investigators can trace where criminals have been and who they have been contacting. These tools are not only useful for investigators; they can also be productive for the military.
Although the military have many sources of retrieving lost information due to explosions of technology, they have been using different triage tools to determine which one works best for their situations. The way in which the USSOCOM, United States Specials Operations Command, have been selecting their triage tools has been by previous procurements. The tools were tested among different computer scenarios such as computer hard drives, SD cards, and USB Thumb Drives. They then tested each triage tool and found the ADF Triage G2 Tool from ADF Solutions, Inc. was rated the highest among military testing.
The triage tools seem to be a very productive way in helping prevent or identify any crimes. There will always be a controversy of people thinking it is unconstitutional because it is an invasion of privacy. The real question comes down to if you think privacy of someone’s previous records is more important than the lives of others.
Can anything really be deleted offline? Is it true, if someone were to erase their past history, no one could ever find out what they were looking at? The answers to these questions are obviously no, everything can be traced online. There are many ways for investigators to receive past online history. A way in which is beginning to flourish are the triage tools. These tools are made to capture data from a live system meaning they can keep the data long after “plug is pulled.”
Triaging a computer can be a very important aspect for investigators because it can provide them with the methodology to quickly assess a computer’s relevance to an investigation prior to removing its power and seizure. Using these tools, investigators can trace where criminals have been and who they have been contacting. These tools are not only useful for investigators; they can also be productive for the military.
Although the military have many sources of retrieving lost information due to explosions of technology, they have been using different triage tools to determine which one works best for their situations. The way in which the USSOCOM, United States Specials Operations Command, have been selecting their triage tools has been by previous procurements. The tools were tested among different computer scenarios such as computer hard drives, SD cards, and USB Thumb Drives. They then tested each triage tool and found the ADF Triage G2 Tool from ADF Solutions, Inc. was rated the highest among military testing.
The triage tools seem to be a very productive way in helping prevent or identify any crimes. There will always be a controversy of people thinking it is unconstitutional because it is an invasion of privacy. The real question comes down to if you think privacy of someone’s previous records is more important than the lives of others.
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Forensic Lab Saved From Closure
Source: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/north_east/7981377.stm
Summary by Kathleen Moriarty
On April 3, 2009, the Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) planned to build a new crime laboratory in Dundee. Their old laboratory in Aberdeen was expected to be demolished. But Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill wanted the SPSA to review their proposal before moving on. Eventually, the plan was cancelled, and the old location of the forensic laboratory was kept in business. Besides, convener Vic Emery of the SPSA deemed the relocation of the facility "premature". Over the next 5-6 months, the SPSA worked towards establishing a national forensic service, which turned out to be successful in cities like Edinburgh and Aberdeen.
Effort Uses Dogs’ DNA to Track Their Abusers
Often in many crime investigations, DNA is looked into to find something out, such as the victim or suspect. But now, many Scientists and animal rights advocates are considering doing the same for dog's that have been abused to track down their past owners. They have created the country’s first dog-fighting DNA database, which they say will help criminal investigators piece together an abused animal’s history by establishing ties among breeders, owners, pit operators and the animals. In other words, justice can be served.
Canin Codis, the system made for containing the DNA profiles of abusive owners is similar to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's digital archive for storing DNA profiles of criminals. One such abuse crime against dogs is dog fighting. This is where owners have their dogs compete against other dogs in a fighting pit. However, The new database may provide a useful tool for tracking down where the animal was bred, and maybe the owner. Scientists say that by swabbing the inner cheek of a dog, they will be able to determine whether the animal comes from one of several known dog-fighting bloodlines. This way it can be and if a suspected dog fighter’s animal matches one of those bloodlines, that would be a key piece of evidence.”
These animals were horribly mutilated, such as missing ears, missing eyes, missing parts of their leg, etc. One such animal, a brown and white pit bull that now goes by the name Reggie, still bears a web of fight scars across his face. The dog cowers at the sound of cheering crowds, which his owner, Gale Frey, believes he associates with the roar of the fight pit.
Not nearly 250 of the dogs recovered in the last year that have taken part in dog fighting have been rehabilitated and are now pets or service and therapy dogs.
This has a positive impact on our society because this new DNA profile tracking system will help track down abusive owners and get rid of them, protecting dogs from any more harm and rehabilitate them.
one thing I'd like to know in the article is if this system would be set up for other pets in general that might also be abused in the furure.
Canin Codis, the system made for containing the DNA profiles of abusive owners is similar to the Federal Bureau of Investigation's digital archive for storing DNA profiles of criminals. One such abuse crime against dogs is dog fighting. This is where owners have their dogs compete against other dogs in a fighting pit. However, The new database may provide a useful tool for tracking down where the animal was bred, and maybe the owner. Scientists say that by swabbing the inner cheek of a dog, they will be able to determine whether the animal comes from one of several known dog-fighting bloodlines. This way it can be and if a suspected dog fighter’s animal matches one of those bloodlines, that would be a key piece of evidence.”
These animals were horribly mutilated, such as missing ears, missing eyes, missing parts of their leg, etc. One such animal, a brown and white pit bull that now goes by the name Reggie, still bears a web of fight scars across his face. The dog cowers at the sound of cheering crowds, which his owner, Gale Frey, believes he associates with the roar of the fight pit.
Not nearly 250 of the dogs recovered in the last year that have taken part in dog fighting have been rehabilitated and are now pets or service and therapy dogs.
This has a positive impact on our society because this new DNA profile tracking system will help track down abusive owners and get rid of them, protecting dogs from any more harm and rehabilitate them.
one thing I'd like to know in the article is if this system would be set up for other pets in general that might also be abused in the furure.
Friday, September 17, 2010
Engineers Pioneer New Digital Forensics Technology
Kevin Bisconti 9/16/10
Forensics current event
Engineers Pioneer New Digital Forensics Technology
At the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering researchers are working on creating a new type of digital fingerprinting system that would help to protect things from Hollywood assets and identify national security leaks. As the world becomes more digitized there is an increasing demand for security as the rate of cyber criminals grow. Teachers at the school are developing a new type of “cyber Forensics”. Not only does the new technology help protect but it will also help trace the criminals.
The way that this type of technology can help benefit society is that it brings a whole ne level of security to computers. Not only does it protect ones information form being hacked into but it will also help find the person behind the hacking. This could seriously help reduce the amount of online crimes like identity theft to national security.
I think that this was a well-written and interesting article. I thin that the topic was very interesting. I don’t think that there was anything that was wrong with the article it was a decent length and it got right to the point.
http://www.eng.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=307
Forensics current event
Engineers Pioneer New Digital Forensics Technology
At the University of Maryland’s A. James Clark School of Engineering researchers are working on creating a new type of digital fingerprinting system that would help to protect things from Hollywood assets and identify national security leaks. As the world becomes more digitized there is an increasing demand for security as the rate of cyber criminals grow. Teachers at the school are developing a new type of “cyber Forensics”. Not only does the new technology help protect but it will also help trace the criminals.
The way that this type of technology can help benefit society is that it brings a whole ne level of security to computers. Not only does it protect ones information form being hacked into but it will also help find the person behind the hacking. This could seriously help reduce the amount of online crimes like identity theft to national security.
I think that this was a well-written and interesting article. I thin that the topic was very interesting. I don’t think that there was anything that was wrong with the article it was a decent length and it got right to the point.
http://www.eng.umd.edu/news/news_story.php?id=307
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Arlington Fiasco Destroys Faith
Dorell, Oren. "Arlington Fiasco Destroys Faith." USA Today 16 Sept. 2010, sec. A pg 3A Print
This article is about a father who believes that workers at Arlington cemetary may hav mad mistakes at his son's burial site. Heath Warner was a Marine private stationed in Iraq in 2006. On November 26, 2006, Heath was killed by an improvised explosive device. He was only 19 years old at the time. He was subsequently buried in Arlington, Virginia because his father, Scott Warner felt it was the right way to honor him. Warner stated, "It was our son's wishes to be buried at Arlington and we considered it the highest honor we could hive hime." Scott had heard about strage happenings at the cemetery. He had heard rumors of a grave that was misplaced. When more strange reports came in, he started to get more suspicious. In June a report was found stating that there were 211 cases of misplaced or unmarket graves in three of the seventy sections in Arlington. Additionally, many urns had dirt from a landfill that was used to fill graves. A team of the new cemetery management is now workin on correcting these issues. It is estimated that htese issues could affect up to 6,600 of 300,000 graves. When the Warner family asked for a report on Heath's grave, the report came back with errors and omissions. Scott Warner then arranged for Heath's body to be exhumed. They used pictures of Heath's tattoos to identify the body. "The method of identification today was very gruesome and very primitive. There are other ways this could have been done that would have been more dignified," Scott remarked. He believes that the cemetery officials should have had a third party come in to verify DNA and fingerprint identifications. They should not have relied on the photographs of the tatoos for identification.
The article was important to me because my grandfather was buried in Arlington cemetery. He was retired Marine colonel. The article makes me wonder if my grandfather was buried correctly. While reading the article, I began to think if I sould do some research into his grave. The article is important to society because the family and friends of people buried in Arlington care about the remains of their lost loved ones. If they found out that their loved ones were not buried where they believed them to be, they would be very hurt.
I found this article to be very shocking. I would never have thought that a burial site as prominent as Arlington would have these issues. This is especially disconcerting because some of the most distinguished military leaders of our country are buried there. I also liked how the article described how the body was identified.
This article is about a father who believes that workers at Arlington cemetary may hav mad mistakes at his son's burial site. Heath Warner was a Marine private stationed in Iraq in 2006. On November 26, 2006, Heath was killed by an improvised explosive device. He was only 19 years old at the time. He was subsequently buried in Arlington, Virginia because his father, Scott Warner felt it was the right way to honor him. Warner stated, "It was our son's wishes to be buried at Arlington and we considered it the highest honor we could hive hime." Scott had heard about strage happenings at the cemetery. He had heard rumors of a grave that was misplaced. When more strange reports came in, he started to get more suspicious. In June a report was found stating that there were 211 cases of misplaced or unmarket graves in three of the seventy sections in Arlington. Additionally, many urns had dirt from a landfill that was used to fill graves. A team of the new cemetery management is now workin on correcting these issues. It is estimated that htese issues could affect up to 6,600 of 300,000 graves. When the Warner family asked for a report on Heath's grave, the report came back with errors and omissions. Scott Warner then arranged for Heath's body to be exhumed. They used pictures of Heath's tattoos to identify the body. "The method of identification today was very gruesome and very primitive. There are other ways this could have been done that would have been more dignified," Scott remarked. He believes that the cemetery officials should have had a third party come in to verify DNA and fingerprint identifications. They should not have relied on the photographs of the tatoos for identification.
The article was important to me because my grandfather was buried in Arlington cemetery. He was retired Marine colonel. The article makes me wonder if my grandfather was buried correctly. While reading the article, I began to think if I sould do some research into his grave. The article is important to society because the family and friends of people buried in Arlington care about the remains of their lost loved ones. If they found out that their loved ones were not buried where they believed them to be, they would be very hurt.
I found this article to be very shocking. I would never have thought that a burial site as prominent as Arlington would have these issues. This is especially disconcerting because some of the most distinguished military leaders of our country are buried there. I also liked how the article described how the body was identified.
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