IF9 - Contemporary Information Technologies in Forensics | University of Criminal Investigation and Police Studies

	THE UNIVERSITY OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION AND POLICE STUDIES
	DOCTORAL STUDIES FORENSIC ENGINEERING
Course:		Contemporary Information Technologies in Forensics
Course Code: IF9
ECTS: 10
Course Status:		Elective
Number of Effective Classes (Per Week): 5
Theoretical Education:		Practical Training:			Research Study Project:
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Prerequisite/s: None
Educational Objective: Acquiring knowledge and skills for using contemporary information technologies in forensics.
Projected Outcome: Capability for adequate use of information systems and recognition of the importance of digital data forensics in the process of detecting and proving criminal activities.
Course Contents/Structure Theoretical education: The basics of computer crime; digital forensic science; integrated model of investigation of digital evidence and the role of information technologies; digital data and digital evidence; technological bases of computer forensics; hardware and software forensic tools; digital forensics of the computer system; acquisition of digital data; analysis and interpretation of computer data; generating reports and expertizing digital evidence; systems for automatic identification of biometric characteristics; information systems in the identification of weapons; legal aspects of digital forensics - legislation. Practical training: Implementation of modern information technologies and procedures in forensic analysis of digital data.
Teaching Methods: lectures, consultations, seminary papers, examination.
Assessment (Maximum Number of Points: 100)
Pre-Exam Obligations			No. of Points	Final Examination		No. of Points
Seminary paper			30	Examination		70
Textbook/s
1. James, S. H.; Nordby, J. J. (eds.) Forensic Sciences: an Introduction to Scientific and Investigative Techniques, Boca Raton: SRC Press, 2003. 2. Saferstein, R. Criminalistics: an Introduction to Forensic Science, Upper Saddle River: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007. 3. Platt, R. Crime Scene: the Ultimate Guide to Forensic Science, London: Dorling Kindersley, 2003. 4. Slade, R. M. Software Forensics: Collecting Evidence from the Scene of a Digital Crime, New York: McGraw-Hill, 2004. 5. Casey, E. Digital Evidence and Computer Crime: Forensic Science, Computers and the Internet, (2nd ed.), Waltham [etc.]: Academic Press, 2004. 6. Milosavljević, M. ; Grubor, G. Digitalna forenzika računarskog sistema, Beograd: Univerzitet Singidunum, 2009.