Zowel publieke als private organisaties maken in Nederland gebruik van camera’s langs de weg om het verkeer te monitoren. Zo beheert Rijkswaterstaat 3.000 camera’s om verkeersstromen te monitoren langs wegen, tunnels en bruggen. De politie, de Koninklijke Marechaussee (KMar) en het Openbaar Ministerie …

The dark web is creating difficulties for traditional policing. Previous studies have focused on users, but very little is known about law enforcement dealing with the core challenge of Anonymity Communication Networks: absent and anonymous suspects whose locations and identities are effectively hidden …

Fingermarks have proven to play an important role in criminal investigations for identification purposes. However, in some cases, the donor of the fingermark is not disputed but the activity that led to the deposition of the fingermark is. In this article, the state-of-theart knowledge on evaluating …

Van watskeburt tot whodunit gaat over het reconstrueren van scenario’s. Scenariodenken is een breedgedragen begrip in de opsporing. Maar wat er daadwerkelijk mee bedoeld wordt of hoe je dit inhoudelijk vorm kunt geven; daarover verschillen de inzichten. In dit boek worden wetenschappelijke theorieën …

Are professionals better at assessing the evidential strength of different types of forensic conclusions compared to students? In an online questionnaire 96 crime investigation and law students, and 269 crime investigation and legal professionals assessed three fingerprint examination reports. All reports …

Forensic and behavioural science are often seen as two different disciplines. However, there is a growing realization that the two disciplines should be more strongly integrated. Incorporating psychological theories on human behaviour in forensic science could help solving investigative problems, especially …