Information technology is being increasingly used to supply techno-legal evidence. This book is the second volume of a two-volume book on computer applications for handling legal evidence, police investigations, and case argumentation. It was published as a part of Springer’s “Law, Governance and Technology” series. The author is a well-known researcher who specializes in the applications of artificial intelligence to law. The two volumes are available in both electronic and hardcover formats. They are not available separately although individual chapters may be purchased. This review only addresses the second volume of the book, which contains chapters 6 through 10. For completeness, I will note the topics covered by the first volume: a historical perspective, examples of forming opinions, argumentation techniques, the use of computers for organizing evidence, and legal narratives.

The five chapters of the second volume cover topics such as methods for mining crime data, a software package known as FLINTS used by the police to analyze and link a chain of events, forensic methods, virtual autopsies, and concluding remarks. The concluding chapter is quite brief, at just four pages. There is a very helpful glossary, an exhaustive list of references running to 145 pages, an author index, and a subject index.

The two-volume book will be useful for police officials involved in investigations and information technology specialists responsible for developing applications for forensics and investigation of crime. The book is quite exhaustive and may be useful to students, researchers, police officials, and specialists from various disciplines. The author offers useful insights on the application of information technology to manage legal evidence. The book has numerous illustrations including many in color. I strongly recommend it as a valuable resource for its intended audience.