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Introduction
Report writing and presenting the findings are arts unto themselves. An investigator
learns a lot about the subjects of the investigation, as well as what has occurred.
However, much of what has been learned will be lost if the information is not put
in the report. Putting information in investigation notes can be used to explain what
is in the report and how it was arrived at, as well as background information about
the investigation. e balance that an investigator has to grapple with is how much
information to put in a report. Too much information and the details tend to be over-
looked. If there are too little information, the report appears incomplete.
Many forensic tools generate reports f