criminal investigations in some manner since before the Roman Empire making it centuries old. It has only been within the last century that law enforcement agencies and the court systems have come to rely so heavily on the use of scientific practices in crime scene investigations.1 The first application of forensic science was by the Roman physician Antistius in the year 44 B.C., whom examined the body of Julius Caesar. He determined even though the dictator was stabbed 23 times, only one wound through
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Reach Out and Touch: Using NFC and 2D Barcodes for Service Discovery and Interaction with Mobile Devices Eamonn O’Neill1, Peter Thompson2, Stavros Garzonis1, and Andrew Warr1 1 Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK, BA2 7AY {eamonn, s.garzonis, cspaw}@cs.bath.ac.uk http://www.cityware.org.uk 2 Vodafone Group R&D, Newbury, UK, RG14 2FN peter.thompson@vodafone.com Abstract. We investigate the use of 2 tagging technologies: Near Field Communication (NFC) and 2-dimensional barcodes
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Introduction The general image of the police offers an overview of the public‟s perception of the police. Particular characteristics of the people, organization, or institution remain undifferentiated. Measures of the general image are useful because they provide a summary measure of the level of overall favorableness or support that the public holds for the police. The public image of the police is complex, making generalizations difficult. There is no single best measure of the police image.
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sequence of bad things: Deletion of files from victim's hard disk. The worm overwrote files from the victims' hard disk drive, specifically targeting files with extensions:*.JPG, *.GIF, and *.WAV, amongst many others (i.e., files containing audio/visual data), *.CSS (i.e., cascading style sheets called by HTML 4.0 documents). some later versions deleted *.COM or *.EXE files, which prevented the computer from starting when rebootd. Some later versions deleted *.INI files. The worm overwrote a copy of
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organizations of law enforcement are spread out through local, state, and federal functions. This paper will analyze the organizational structures and operations of each agency according to its level and jurisdictional duties and responsibilities. A comparison will be made between each of the levels of agencies reflecting the similarities and differences of the organization, management, administration, and operational functions. The characteristics and leadership responsibilities will be addressed according
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Information Systems Security By: Jessica Burnheimer, Kathleen Cline, Brian Weiss Outline for Group paper I. Introduction II. Issues concerning Information Systems Security A. Define IS security B. Why IS security is necessary? C. History and Back round of IS security D. Current issues concerning IS security 1.) Spamming 2.) Hacking 3.) Jamming 4.) Malicious software 5.) Sniffing 6.) Spoofing
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Inferential Statistics Data Analysis: Analyzing Data - Inferential Statistics Inferential statistics deal with drawing conclusions and, in some cases, making predictions about the properties of a population based on information obtained from a sample. While descriptive statistics provide information about the central tendency, dispersion, skew, and kurtosis of data, inferential statistics allow making broader statements about the relationships between data. Inferential statistics are frequently
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than face-to-face meetings, which increases distance and allows anonymity, it is another avenue for crimes to perpetuate. “Computer Crime” encompasses crimes committed against the computer, the materials contained therein such as software and data, and its uses as a processing tool. These include hacking, denial of service attacks, unauthorized use of services and cyber vandalism. “Cyber Crime” describes criminal activities committed through the use of electronic communications media. One of the
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360 CRIME AND ALCOHOL MCGLOTHLIN, W., COHEN, S., & MCGLOTHLIN, M. S. (1967). Long-lasting effects of LSD on normals. Archives of General Psychiatry, 17, 521–532. NASH, H. (1962). Alcohol and caffeine: A study of their psychological effects, Springfield, IL: Charles C. Thomas. ROE, A. (1946). Alcohol and creative work. Quarterly Journal of the Study of Alcohol, 415–467. TART, C. T. (1971). On being stoned. Palo Alto. CA: Science and Behavior Books. is complex (involving multiple factors in
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Imagine driving to work, running late for an important meeting. You are driving the posted speed limit, obeying all traffic laws, and you car is in perfect working order. All of a sudden, flashing red and blue lights are behind you and you’re being pulled over. The officer treats you as a suspect right off the bat, smothering you with questions concerning what you’re doing, where you’re going; yet never really telling you why you’ve been pulled over. Without any warranted reason the officer wants
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