Evidence has Gone Digital

The increase in technology also changes our concept of what constitutes evidence in a criminal investigation. Where previously most evidence was physical document based, the large majority of evidence has now gone electronic and is stored on hard drives, digital media, and web-accounts. Computers have become the main source of evidence in many crimes where they use to only be one of the many small parts of the illegal act. Computer crimes are becoming more common and proper procedures and tools are needed to combat these new challenges.