Abstract

YARID, Sérgio Donha; PERES, Silvia Helena de Carvalho Sales; PERES, Arsênio Sales  and  BASTOS, José Roberto de Magalhães. Perception of Brazilian magistrates of legal digital evidence. RGO, Rev. gaúch. odontol. (Online) [online]. 2011, vol.59, n.2, pp. 179-183. ISSN 1981-8637.

Objective Investigate how Brazilian magistrates perceive legal digital evidence. Methods Methods: A total of 137 e-mails were sent emails to magistrates of the five regions of the country, with the question: "Much has been discussed, with pros and cons, the use of digitized radiographs (stored in computer programs) rather than conventional radiography (plates, beams -X). What is the perception of the Magistrate as the evidence digitized? ". We tried to collect written testimony of the research subjects to allow access to data from the subjective nature of reality. It was used as a methodological strategy in qualitative research the construction of the Collective Subject Discourse. Results 105 responses was received via electronic mail (email) covering most states. Conclusion After reviewing the responses it was concluded that the scanned documents can be used, with no legal seal its use, since that can be seen, even by expertise, if necessary, which are files that accurately represent the fact without forgery or other forms of macular truth

Keywords : Legislation; Dental informatics; Forensic dentistry.