Computer Applications for Handling Legal Evidence, Police Investigation and Case Argumentation

• Main Author: Nissan, Ephraim (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 2012.
• Series: Law, Governance and Technology Series ; 5
• Subjects: Social sciences.; Computer science.; Artificial intelligence.; Application software.; Criminology.; Social Sciences.; Criminology & Criminal Justice.; Computer Applications.; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics).; Computer Science, general.

This book provides an overview of computer techniques and tools — especially from artificial intelligence (AI) — for handling legal evidence, police intelligence, crime analysis or detection, and forensic testing, with a sustained discussion of methods for the modelling of reasoning and forming an o...

Table of Contents:

• Abstract
• Preface (by John Zeleznikow)
• Foreword
• Acknowledgement
• Dedication
• Call for Information
• 1.  A Preliminary Historical Perspective
• 2.  Models of Forming an Opinion
• 3.  Argumentation
• 4.  Computer Assistance for, or Insights into, Organisational Aspects
• 5.  The Narrative Dimension
• 6.  Accounting for Social, Spatial, and Textual Interconnections
• Link Analysis and Data Mining for Criminal Investigation
• 7.  FLINTS, a Tool for Police Investigation and Intelligence Analysis; Richard Leary
• 8.  The Forensic Disciplines: Some Areas of Actual or Potential Application
• 9.   Virtopsy: The Virtual Autopsy; Lars C. Ebert, Thomas Ruder, David Zimmermann, Stefan Zuber, Ursula Buck, Antoine Roggo, Michael Thali, Gary Hatch
• 10.  Concluding Remarks
• Glossary
• Cited  References
• index.