Title: Digital forensics in law enforcement: the case of online victimisation of children

Authors: Julia Davidson, Petter Gottschalk

Addresses: University of Westminster, 309 Regent Street, London W1B 2UW, UK. ' Norwegian School of Management BI, Nydalsveien 17 0442 Oslo, Norway

Abstract: Online victimisation of children is concerned with sexual abuse caused with the help of online technologies. Digital forensics is a powerful methodology to discover, prevent and bring criminals to justice. Digital forensics is dependent on tools and access to information from a variety of sources in digital government. This paper reports from a knowledge enhancement project to gain new insights into offender investigations in law enforcement.

Keywords: computer forensics; internet crime; sexual abuse; policing; interoperability; evidence; digital forensics; law enforcement; online victimisation; children; e-government; electronic government; knowledge enhancement; offender investigations; policing.

DOI: 10.1504/EG.2008.019526

Electronic Government, an International Journal, 2008 Vol.5 No.4, pp.445 - 451

Published online: 15 Jul 2008 *

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