Abstract
Drawing on topical academic and practitioner accounts, our contribution examines the challenges of accreditation in digital forensics (DF), specifically, the adoption of ISO/IEC 17025 standard for forensic science support providers in England and Wales. We built on the debate generated by the Forensic Science Regulator's introduction of this standard in DF to reflect on the position and status of DF community of practice. We argue that a social science approach can help illuminate the organizational and professional tensions generated by this development and to understand better the implications for the role of DF specialists and their position in the wider forensic science community.
| Original language | English |
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| Number of pages | 11 |
| Journal | WIREs Forensic Science |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue number | 1 |
| Early online date | 28 Sept 2023 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2024 |
Bibliographical note
Copyright © 2023 The Authors. WIREs Forensic Science published by Wiley Periodicals LLC.This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Funding
The support of the Economic and Social Research Council (Research Grant ES/R00742X/1) is gratefully acknowledged.
Keywords
- accreditation
- digital forensics
- England and Wales
- profession
- standards