Discussion 1-3

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DQ1

“Current Legal Processes”

Summarize the importance of the fourth amendment, specifically as it applies to a forensic investigation. Using your favorite Internet browser and search engine, look for a news article from within the last year related to the fourth amendment. Summarize the article, outlining the specific context to the fourth amendment. Provide your opinion on the relevance to this amendment. Justify your answer.

DQ2

“Forensic Labs and Certification” 

  • From the reading, outline the process of forensic lab accreditation and determine what a laboratory needs to do in order to fulfill the requirements. Identify an ASCLD accredited lab in your geographic location and conduct further research on this lab. Summarize the location and the type of lab.  Explain whether you believe lab certification is a requirement for law enforcement agencies and provide justification.

DQ3

” Storage Format for Digital Evidence ” 

  • As an investigator, you are responsible for protecting the integrity of the data you collect from a hard drive.
  • Discuss the method used to create data images. Using your favorite web browser and search engine, search the Internet for a third party tool capable of creating an exact copy of a hard drive. Provide a description of the tool and share the link with your classmates. Compare and contrast the viable use of a Linux tool versus a proprietary tool. Are their advantages to using one over the other? Justify your answer.

Microeconomics

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Private Consumption
Think of three goods or services that you buy frequently. Fill in the following details for each goods or service in the tabular template provided:

The current price and the quantity that you normally buy.
A higher price than the current price and the quantity that you will buy at that price.
A lower price than the current price and the quantity that you will buy at that price.

Exercise 2

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Morgan and Dunn JD have hired you to assist with a case involving domestic abuse. The evidence is contained on a password-protected laptop that the plaintiff (the wife) indicates will show a pattern of abuse. You have to decide what equipment and software to purchase to assist with the case and safely extract the data from the laptop.

Write a one-page report detailing your equipment and software. Be sure to include a rationale for each item.

Exercise 1

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Jack Winters owns a small business, offering construction services for Disney. To save money on his bids, he subcontracts all of the painting out to another company called Painters Inc. While balancing QuickBooks from the actual job invoices and receipts, Jack notices a discrepancy. Painters Inc. was issued a check for $14,125, but the job invoice shows that the job was finished for $12,125. Jack contacts Painters Inc, who provides proof that they received payment for $12,125. Besides Jack, only one person had access to the accounting software. You have been called to investigate. 

Write a one-page report detailing the steps Jack needs to take to gather all of the appropriate evidence and protect his company.