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Employment Vacancy Announcement

NCFS is accepting applications for the following position: Coordinator Research Programs/Services. The position is located in NCFS's Biological Evidence section. Qualified candidates can complete an UCF A & P Online Employment Application by going to this link: http://www.ucf.edu/jobs/vacancies/. This position will be posted through January 25, 2007

Graduate Certificate in Computer Forensics (GCCF)

What is the difference between the Certificate in Computer Forensics
and the Graduate Certificate?
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Follow the activities of the Digital Forensic Certification Board

A Handbook: Mass Fatality Incidents: A Guide for Human Forensic Identification is available at the NIJ website.

 

First responders, medical examiners, and coroners will find guidance in this document to help them prepare or update their jurisdiction’s disaster plans. The report focuses on ways to respectfully safeguard, collect, process, and identify human remains. The report is the product of a group of multidisciplinary experts on forensic identification. NIJ convened the group to identify, define, and describe basic criteria to assist medical examiners’ and coroners’ offices and other public safety agencies who manage the response to mass fatality incidents.

The report is available online at the National Institute of Justice Web site at http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij/pubs-sum/199758.htm.

NIJ is the research, development, and evaluation agency of the U.S. Department of Justice and is dedicated to researching crime control and justice issues. For more information on NIJ, please visit http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/nij.

NCFS is now partnering with the US Secret Service in opening a new Electronic Evidence lab to assist state and local law enforcement with computer related crimes. Find out more here.

Forensic Examination of Digital Evidence: A Guide for Law Enforcement

 

This guide is intended for use by members of the law enforcement community who are responsible for the examination of digital evidence. The guide, published as an NIJ Special Report, is the second in a series of guides on investigating electronic crime (see also Electronic Crime Scene Investigation: A Guide for Law Enforcement). It deals with common situations encountered during the processing and handling of digital evidence and can be used to help agencies develop their own policies and procedures.


NCFS is proud to present the following courses:

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Mission of NCFS:
The National Center for Forensic Science provides research, education, training, tools and technology to meet the current and future needs of the forensic science, investigative and criminal justice communities. The NCFS is a program of the National Institute of Justice hosted by the University of Central Florida.

Vision of NCFS: 
The National Center for Forensic Science will lead in providing proactive and innovative solutions to meet the challenges facing the investigative and forensic science, and criminal justice communities

Current National/Local On-line Databases:
- The Ignitable Liquids Reference Collection database is now online. See the database here

- Fire and Arson mapping, click here for details

NIJ Scene Guides:  With the assistance of experts in the field, NIJ has published four scene guides: Mass Fatality Incidents: A Guide for Human Forensic Identification, Electronic Crime Scene Investigation, A Guide for Explosion and Bombing Scene Investigation and Fire and Arson Scene Investigation: A Guide for Public Safety Personnel.
To order hard copies of these publications go to www.ncjrs.org


Contacts:

Mailing Address:
National Center for Forensic Science 

University of Central Florida

Post Office Box 162367

Orlando, Florida 32816-2367

Street Address:
National Center for Forensic Science

12354 Research Parkway

Orlando, Florida 32826


E-mail:
natlctr@mail.ucf.edu


Phone: (407) 823-6469 FAX: (407) 823-3162

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