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@MISC{Merwe08forensicinvestigation,
author = {Christoffel Johannes Van Der Merwe and At The},
title = {Forensic Investigation},
year = {2008}
}
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Abstract
Criminal investigation has evolved with time as technology has developed and made our world easier and more comfortable. Unfortunately criminal elements have evolved as well and use this technology to stay one step ahead of the criminal investigator. In this increasingly growing struggle to catch up with criminals the investigator must keep the basic fundamentals of criminal investigation in mind, as the basic activities and concepts have remained unchanged. The investigator is ultimately still responsible for formulating an investigation hypothesis and for identifying, recording and analysing all available information and evidence. The ultimate test for the investigator is whether he or she is able to reveal what happened during the incident in court by presenting the evidence, and whether he or she can prove every element of the crime and who committed it, to the prosecutor and supporting the prosecutor, throughout the court process until a verdict has been given. Throughout this whole process the criminal investigator has to keep in mind that criminal investigation is a search for truth and should therefore stay unbiased and not get personally involved as there is always the possibility that the suspected individual may be innocent. In this event it is expected of the investigator that he or she prove this.
