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

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...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Nissan, Ephraim
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 2012, 2012
Edition:1st ed. 2012
Series:Law, Governance and Technology Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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