GAMEPLANS: a template for robust digital evidence strategy development

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dc.contributor.authorHorsman, Graeme
dc.date.accessioned2024-11-28T15:23:23Z
dc.date.available2024-11-28T15:23:23Z
dc.date.freetoread2024-11-28
dc.date.issued2025-01
dc.date.pubOnline2024-11-07
dc.description.abstractLaw enforcement officers should now expect to encounter forms of digital evidence at most of their inquiries, and as a result ensure they are prepared to effectively deal with it. This should involve the production of a digital evidence strategy (DES) which describes those actions required of any investigative team to effectively identify, collect, examine, and evaluate any digital devices/data, while also defining the circumstances for when it is appropriate to conduct such tasks. To help officers to produce robust DESs this work provides a DES template which utilizes the “GAMEPLANS” acrostic to identify nine fundamental components that are required of all DESs—“G”–Grounds for investigation; “A”–Authorization; “M”–Method of investigation; “E”–Evaluation of the meaning of any findings; “P”–Proportionality; “L”–Logic; “A”–Agreement; “N”–Necessity; “S”–Scrutiny. Each of these components are described including the sub‐tasks that are contained within each, which any officer constructing a robust and effective DES must address (and provide evidence of having addressed). To support this, a DES template file is also provided, which can be utilized by officers.
dc.description.journalNameJournal of Forensic Sciences
dc.format.extent369-375
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic
dc.identifier.citationHorsman G. (2025) GAMEPLANS: a template for robust digital evidence strategy development. Journal of Forensic Sciences, Volume 70, Issue 1, January 2025, pp. 369-375
dc.identifier.eissn1556-4029
dc.identifier.elementsID559322
dc.identifier.issn0022-1198
dc.identifier.issueNo1
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1111/1556-4029.15655
dc.identifier.urihttps://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/23232
dc.identifier.volumeNo70
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherWiley
dc.publisher.urihttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/1556-4029.15655
dc.relation.isreferencedbyhttps://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/action/downloadSupplement?doi=10.1111%2F1556-4029.15655&file=jfo15655-sup-0001-supinfo.xlsx
dc.rightsAttribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
dc.subjectdigital evidence
dc.subjectdigital evidence strategy
dc.subjectdigital forensics
dc.subjectdigital investigation
dc.subjectpolice
dc.subject4402 Criminology
dc.subject44 Human Society
dc.subjectdigital evidence
dc.subjectdigital evidence strategy
dc.subjectdigital forensics
dc.subjectdigital investigation
dc.subjectpolice
dc.subjectLegal & Forensic Medicine
dc.subject3199 Other biological sciences
dc.subject3499 Other chemical sciences
dc.subject4402 Criminology
dc.titleGAMEPLANS: a template for robust digital evidence strategy development
dc.typeArticle
dc.type.subtypeJournal Article
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-10-22

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