Sample Analysis Reports

In this section, you’ll look at some sample analysis reports. Most of them are taken from the various software programs described in Chapter 8. The samples show different sections of the reports. In addition to these reports, you can find two sample reports and case summaries in Appendix A of the Forensic Examination of Digital Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement document by the National Institute of Justice at www.ncjrs.org/pdffiles1/nij/199408.pdf.

The following sample report starts with a case brief explaining the particulars of the incident.

Sample Report for Copyright Piracy Case

On June 1, 2009, a concerned citizen contacted the police department regarding possible copyright piracy. He explained that he searched ...

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