Handbook of Biometrics for Forensic Science

Christophe Champod

ISBN 10: 3319506714 / ISBN 13: 9783319506715

Published by Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland Feb 2017, 2017

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Neuware -This comprehensive handbook addresses the sophisticated forensic threats and challenges that have arisen in the modern digital age, and reviews the new computing solutions that have been proposed to tackle them. These include identity-related scenarios which cannot be solved with traditional approaches, such as attacks on security systems and the identification of abnormal/dangerous behaviors from remote cameras. Features: provides an in-depth analysis of the state of the art, together with a broad review of the available technologies and their potential applications; discusses potential future developments in the adoption of advanced technologies for the automated or semi-automated analysis of forensic traces; presents a particular focus on the acquisition and processing of data from real-world forensic cases; offers an holistic perspective, integrating work from different research institutions and combining viewpoints from both biometric technologies and forensic science.Springer Verlag GmbH, Tiergartenstr. 17, 69121 Heidelberg 380 pp. Englisch.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Handbook of Biometrics for Forensic Science
• Publisher: Springer International Publishing, Springer Nature Switzerland Feb 2017
• Publication Date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3319506714
• ISBN 13: 9783319506715
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu

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Synopsis

This comprehensive handbook addresses the sophisticated forensic threats and challenges that have arisen in the modern digital age, and reviews the new computing solutions that have been proposed to tackle them. These include identity-related scenarios which cannot be solved with traditional approaches, such as attacks on security systems and the identification of abnormal/dangerous behaviors from remote cameras. Features: provides an in-depth analysis of the state of the art, together with a broad review of the available technologies and their potential applications; discusses potential future developments in the adoption of advanced technologies for the automated or semi-automated analysis of forensic traces; presents a particular focus on the acquisition and processing of data from real-world forensic cases; offers an holistic perspective, integrating work from different research institutions and combining viewpoints from both biometric technologies and forensic science.

About the Author

Dr. Massimo Tistarelli is a Professor of Computer Science in the Department of Communication Science and Information Technology at the University of Sassari, Italy.

Dr. Christophe Champod is a Professor of Forensic Science in the School of Criminal Justice at the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.