Feature: Solving E-Crime

They are commonplace these days: computers, cell phones, e-mail, thumb drives, and other digital devices. Almost everyone uses them—including criminals.

Electronic devices are involved in a host of illegal behaviors, and electronic evidence is frequently found at the scene of crimes ranging from burglary to murder.

Collecting electronic evidence, preserving it, and explaining how it works to a jury can be a challenge for the people responsible for investigating, solving, and prosecuting e-crimes.

Several new practical products can help. Find them and learn more about electronic crime on the NIJ Web topic page.