Abstract

With the ever-increasing importance of identity and identity management in the information society, identity-related crime is also on the rise. Combating crimes like identity theft and identity fraud, not in the least with the help of identity forensics, is a key challenge for policy makers. This chapter aims at contributing to addressing that challenge. It summarises the findings of five years of FIDIS research on identity-related crime and identity forensics. A typology is given of the various forms of identity-related crime. After an analysis of relevant socio-economic, cultural, technical, and legal aspects of identity-related crime, potential countermeasures are discussed. We then move on to forensic aspects, with a critical analysis of pitfalls in forensic identification and case studies of mobile networks and biometric devices. Next, forensic profiling is discussed from a wide range of perspectives. The chapter concludes with lessons drawn from the five years of FIDIS research in the area of identity-related crime and forensic aspects of identity.

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• https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-01820-6_8

Citation

Koops, B.-J., Geradts, Z., 2009. Identity-Related Crime and Forensics, in: Rannenberg, K., Royer, D., Deuker, A. (Eds.), The Future of Identity in the Information Society. Springer Berlin Heidelberg, Berlin, Heidelberg, pp. 315–347. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-01820-6_8