Murder, She Modeled: Modeling to Support Crimino-Forensic Processes

Dirk van der Linden, Hava Dayan, Anna Zamansky, Irit Hadar

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Abstract

Digital technologies are increasingly used by law enforcement in forensic processes. This opens the door to new opportunities for the use of conceptual modeling techniques to support pro-active collection and modeling of crime scene evidence—especially for the more challenging case of soft evidence. As opposed to digital evidence and other ‘hard’ evidence (such as finger prints and DNA samples), ‘soft’ evidence refers to heterogeneous meta-data on the crime scene (such as modus operandi, victim’s background, etc.), which challenges the automation and support of both collection and modeling processes for such evidence. Using homicide crime scene staging (HCSS) as a case study, we explore the challenges and opportunities that an approach applying conceptual modeling techniques offers to support crimino-forensic processes in the collection and systematic modeling of soft evidence.

Original languageAmerican English
Title of host publicationEnterprise, Business-Process and Information Systems Modeling - 22nd International Conference, BPMDS 2021, and 26th International Conference, EMMSAD 2021, Held at CAiSE 2021, Proceedings
EditorsAdriano Augusto, Asif Gill, Selmin Nurcan, Iris Reinhartz-Berger, Rainer Schmidt, Jelena Zdravkovic
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages318-331
Number of pages14
ISBN (Print)9783030791858
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event22nd International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2021 and 26th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development, EMMSAD 2021 Held at CAiSE 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: 28 Jun 202129 Jun 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume421

Conference

Conference22nd International Conference on Business Process Modeling, Development and Support, BPMDS 2021 and 26th International Conference on Exploring Modeling Methods for Systems Analysis and Development, EMMSAD 2021 Held at CAiSE 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period28/06/2129/06/21

Keywords

  • Conceptual modeling
  • Crime scene staging
  • Homicide
  • Misuse cases
  • User stories

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Control and Systems Engineering
  • Management Information Systems
  • Business and International Management
  • Information Systems
  • Modelling and Simulation
  • Information Systems and Management

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