ADVANCED SPECIAL PROFESSIONAL FORENSIC FIELD PROGRAM

Due to the yearning and development stages in the field of forensic science, the body security and forensic studies Nigeria has above new courses under Advanced special professional forensic field program.

maintaining this temple of professionalism in the field of forensic to attain the international best practice globally.base on this, the management has two categories of APC program:
1. APC - Professionalism
2. APC - Advanced special professional forensic field
hence, these categories are optional for candidate put for candidate who desire to follow this part would be exposed to professional ethic policy, strategies, formation and management as outlined.

Advanced Special Professional Forensic Field

FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGY

Forensic psychology has grown in the past 20 years. It is a broad applied field that offers numerous opportunities to the practitioner. Forensic psychologists work in many different legal environments, writing reports, giving testimony, doing direct treatment or working with therapeutic communities



AERONAUTICAL/AEROSPACE FORENSIC

Aircraft Forensic Engineering is the largest group of scientific and technical aircraft failure specialists in Australia. These specialists provide the ADF with an essential independent forensic capability for engineering and scientific analysis into the causes of accidents and major incidents, failures or deterioration of metallic and nonmetallic structural components, engines, systems and equipment. This extends to aviation support equipment including aircraft and airfield ground support equipment, aircraft common spares, and aeronautical life support equipment. In addition, the capabilities within Aircraft Forensic Engineering extend to providing support to non-aviation investigations related to Land and Maritime Systems.



GEOPHYSICS FORENSIC:

is a branch of forensic science and is the study, the search, the localization and the mapping of buried objects or elements beneath the soil or the water, using geophysics tools for legal purposes.[1] There are various geophysical techniques for forensic investigations in which the targets are buried and have different dimensions (from weapons or metallic barrels to human burials and bunkers). Geophysical methods have the potential to aid the search and the recovery of these targets because they can non-destructively and rapidly investigate large areas where a suspect, illegal burial or, in general, a forensic target is hidden in the subsoil. When in the subsurface there is a contrast of physical properties between a target and the material in which it is buried, it is possible to individuate and define precisely the concealing place of the searched target. It is also possible to recognize evidences of human soil occupation or excavation, both recent and older. Forensic geophysics is an evolving technique that is gaining popularity and prestige in law enforcement.



COMPUTER/DIGITAL FORENSIC:

Computer forensics (also known as computer forensic science[1]) is a branch of digital forensic science pertaining to evidence found in computers and digital storage media. The goal of computer forensics is to examine digital media in a forensically sound manner with the aim of identifying, preserving, recovering, analyzing and presenting facts and opinions about the digital information.

Although it is most often associated with the investigation of a wide variety of computer crime, computer forensics may also be used in civil proceedings. The discipline involves similar techniques and principles to data recovery, but with additional guidelines and practices designed to create a legal audit trail.

Evidence from computer forensics investigations is usually subjected to the same guidelines and practices of other digital evidence. It has been used in a number of high-profile cases and is becoming widely accepted as reliable within U.S. and European court systems.



ROAD/FIRE ACCIDENT FORENSIC:

When the fire is suspected to have originated in the engine compartment, look for large burn patterns on the hood, with radial burns pointing toward the firewall, or bulkhead, as it is otherwise known, where it most likely will have vented. The windshield will generally show burn patterns at the bottom, while leaving the top intact, depending on the intensity of the fire. Fires that originate in the interior of the vehicle will generally affect the top of the window, causing it to break and fall inward, leaving a fracture line at the base. These glass fragments will sometimes be held intact by the rubber sealant around the window frame. Fire inside the vehicle will burn vertically and later horizontally once it reaches the ceiling or headlining material. As with all fires involving vehicles, the construction method and items utilized will sometimes play a significant role on the burn patterns present; therefore, the investigator must be keenly aware of how the vehicle was constructed and what items were stored where at the time of the fire.



ENGINEERING FORENSIC:

is the application of engineering principles and science used in the investigation of failure, more specifically, the failure of a machine, component, material or structure. A lot of times people think of it as reverse engineering, as these applications are used to uncover why something went wrong or stopped working. Reports provided by forensic engineers are used in matters involving injury or property damage such as a building collapse, a sprinkler failure, or a machine malfunction causing injury. Many times, these findings are also used in court to help settle a case or a claim. When this happens, the engineer will be deposed to offer testimony as to why the failure occurred. In addition, engineers are tasked with investigating catastrophic damages following hurricanes and floods, earthquakes, explosions and large fires.



TAXATION AND BANKING FORENSIC:

Forensic taxation and banking have detailed knowledge of tax fraud definitions and IRS investigative resources, as well as experience dealing with IRS agents. The role of the forensic accountant in tax fraud litigation is to assist Legal Counsel in the resolution of tax disputes. Taxation and banking Forensic the purpose of taxation is to raise revenue for the service and income support the community need. impose taxes is generally recognized as a right of government. Without taxation government would be unable to meet the demands of nation.



DNA FINGER PRINTING/BIOTECHNOLOGY FORENSIC:

DNA fingerprinting is a laboratory technique used to establish a link between biological evidence and a suspect in a criminal investigation. A DNA sample taken from a crime scene is compared with a DNA sample from a suspect. ... DNA fingerprinting is also used to establish paternity. DNA is short for deoxyribonucleic acid, which is inside of every cell in your body. It’s a chain of chemical compounds that join together to form permanent blueprints for life.

These compounds are called bases, and there are 4 of them. They pair up with another to form what are called base pairs. Your DNA has about 3 billion of these couples. The way they’re strung together tells your cells how to make copies of each other.

The complete set of your compounds is known as a genome. More than 99.9 % of everyone’s genome is exactly alike (100% if you are identical twins). But the tiny bit that’s not is what makes you physically and mentally different from someone else.

DNA fingerprinting uses chemicals to separate strands of DNA and reveal the unique parts of your genome. The results show up as a pattern of stripes that can be matched against other samples.