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Exploring the victim's role in digital forensics: A scoping review of academic focus and gaps
University of Skövde, School of Informatics.
2025 (English)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 20 credits / 30 HE creditsStudent thesis
Abstract [sv]

I takt med att digital teknik blir alltmer integrerad i det moderna samhället, växer också den digitala forensikens roll för att upprätthålla lag och ordning. För närvarande fokuserar den akademiska världen på nya tekniker och ramverk och deras potentiella implementering i digitala forensiska utredningar. Detta är utan tvekan en viktig faktor för digital forensik, men det finns en risk att man inte ser skogen för träden, med andra ord att man missar viktiga faktorer. I den här studien har betydlsen av att brottsoffret känner sig berört demonstrerats med hjälp av reparativ rättvisa. Implicita faktorer som brottsoffren själva bryr sig om identifieras, dessa faktorer är sekretess, utredningens längd och engagemang i utredningen. Explicit eller implicit oro för brottsoffer söktes i forskningsartiklar från fem databaser. Resultaten av denna scoping review visar att forskning som explicivt handlar om brottsoffer är extremt sällsynt. Forskning som implicit berör offren är en minoritet. Tillsammans representerar explicit och implicit koncern ungefär en fjärdedel av de granskade artiklarna. Denna under-representation kan betraktas som en lucka i forskningen som behöver åtgärdas i framtiden. 

Abstract [en]

As digital technology becomes increasingly integrated into modern society, the role of digital forensics in maintaining law and order grows alongside it. Currently, the focus of academia is, emerging techniques and frameworks, and their potential implementation in digital forensic investigations. While this is undoubtedly an important factor in digital forensics, it risks missing the forest for the trees and overlooking other critical elements. In this study, the importance of victim concern has been demonstrated using restorative justice. Implicit factors that victims themselves are concerned with are identified, these factors being privacy, duration of the investigation and engagement with the investigation. Explicit or implicit victim concern was searched for in research articles from five databases. The results of this scoping review shows that research explicitly concerned with the victims, is extremely rare. Research implicitly concerned is a minority. Together, explicit and implicit concern represent about a fourth of the reviewed articles. This under-representation, could be considered a gap in the research that needs to be addressed in the future. 

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2025. , p. 36
Keywords [en]
Digital forensics, victims, restorative justice
Keywords [sv]
Digital forensik, offer, reparativ rättvisa
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Information Systems, Social aspects
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URN: urn:nbn:se:his:diva-25583OAI: oai:DiVA.org:his-25583DiVA, id: diva2:1985449
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Informationsteknologi
Educational program
Network and Systems Administration
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Available from: 2025-07-24 Created: 2025-07-24 Last updated: 2025-09-29Bibliographically approved

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