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@article{188251,
        author = {Dr. Anjali Yadav and Saumya Solanki},
        title = {USE OF DIGITAL EVIDENCE IN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSESSMENTS AND ITS FORENSIC INTERPRETATION},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2025},
        volume = {12},
        number = {7},
        pages = {1311-1313},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=188251},
        abstract = {Digital evidence can strengthen the case of a forensic psychologist provided it is appropriately obtained, forensically maintained, and contextualized for the interpretation. Social media is a complete, date-stamped history of behavior, communication and interpersonal relationship that forensic psychologists employ as collateral information in forensic evaluations. Social media provides a rich, time-stamped archive of an individual's behavior, social interactions, and communication. It also serves as a supplemental resource in answering questions regarding risk, intent, credibility, functional capacity, and personality during interviews and tests. Social media aids in testing and interviews but has to be dealt with forensically, ethically and with explicit statements of limitation. However, social media evidence must be treated with the appropriate forensic and ethical guidelines, and a degree of uncertainty must be articulated in a social media evaluation.},
        keywords = {Digital Evidence, Forensic Psychologist, social media.},
        month = {December},
        }