Term Paper: Digital Forensic Cases

Overview

You have been asked to conduct research on a past forensic case to analyze how digital data was used to solve the case. Choose one of the following digital forensic cases:

• U.S. v. Doe (1983).
• Doe v. U.S. (1988).
• People v. Sanchez (1994).
• Michelle Catherine Theer (2000).
• Scott Tyree (2002).
• Dennis Rader (2005).
• Corey Beantee Melton (2005).
• James Kent (2007).
• Brad Cooper (2008).

Use the Stayer University Library and/or the Internet to search for the case notes and reports.

Instructions

Write a 6–8 page term paper in which you analyze how digital data was used to solve your selected case. Specifically, you are to:

1. Summarize the case, pertinent actors, evidence, and facts.
2. Outline the specific digital evidence used in the case.
3. Describe the procedures and tools used to acquire potential evidence.
4. Describe the obstacles faced in the investigation.
5. Provide links to two modern tools that could have assisted with the collection of evidence.
6. Integrate into the assignment at least five quality professional and/or academic resources, written within the past five years.
   • Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Formatting

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Note the following:

• The preferred method is for your paper to be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
• Include a cover page containing the assignment title, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
• Include a source list page. Citations and references must follow SWS format. The source list page is not included in the required page length.

Learning Outcomes

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Research the role of digital forensics in solving investigations.

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Compose a Cultural Orientation Paper. Using concepts from Schein (Chapters 1–2) and Bolman and Deal (Chapter 1), write a five- to six-page paper that describes the culture of your current organization (or an organization which you have been a part of in the past).

While this paper should be academic in nature (using properly-cited quotations and paraphrases throughout), assume that your instructor is about to join the organization! With that in mind, write it as a “cultural orientation letter” to him or her that addresses, at very least, the following:

a.    Explain the organizational culture in detail using Schein’s three levels of culture (approximately two pages).

b.    Which of Bolman and Deal’s four frames (see page 20) best describe your culture? Why? Which culture is primary and why is it primary? Which is secondary and why is it secondary? (This should be approximately one page.)

c.    What aspects of the organizational culture do you appreciate and why (approximately half a page)?

d.    What aspects of the organizational culture do you not appreciate and why (approximately half a page)?

e.    If a new manager (whether mid- or senior-level) were to survive and thrive within your organizational culture, list a variety of dos and don’ts that he or she should follow (approximately one page).

Include a title page, an abstract, section titles, a title page, and a references page—all in APA format.