This 6 years-term research project of [Comprehensive Policy for Developing Scientific Criminal Investigation and Forensic Science] aims to provide Korean national policy framework for scientific criminal investigation and forensic science. Forensic science involves applying scientific principles to legal investigations. Forensic science covers a variety of investigative areas. It can support a criminal investigation towards the right direction or provide proof of a suspect's guilt or innocence.
Regarding the advent of the 4th Industrial Revolution, a national comprehensive policy on scientific criminal investigation may contribute to building public confidence on criminal justice system by developing investigative techniques and forensic science by means of high technology. Mainly, this study focus on the digital forensic, bio forensic and forensic psychology, in the context of national scientific criminal investigation law and practice. For the convergence study, this research project is based on the cooperative system joined by Korean Association of Digital Forensic, Korean Association of Forensic Psychology, Korean Association of Criminal Procedure Law, Association of criminal case law studies, and Korean National Police Academy.
The first year of the study sketches on the general situation of national scientific criminal investigation and reviews the current agenda of forensic sciences as follows :

Part I : Review of the development of national scientific criminal investigation
Chapter 1 : General introduction to the legal institutions of national scientific criminal investigation
Chapter 2 : The development of national scientific criminal investigation policy
Chapter 3 : The development of laws on national scientific criminal investigation
Chapter 4 : Prospect of developed scientific criminal investigation policy

Part II: Comparative review of the development of scientific criminal investigation policy
Chapter 1 : The Development of scientific criminal investigation policy in
Germany, Japan and the US.
Chapter 2 : The Development of laws on scientific criminal investigation in
Germany, Japan and the US.
Chapter 3 : International Standards on scientific criminal investigation law and policy
Chapter 4 : Prospect of scientific criminal investigation policy

Part III: Review of the development of criminal case laws on scientific criminal\ investigation
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Review of case laws on scientific criminal investigation i
Chapter 3 : Review of case laws on scientific criminal investigation in Germany,
Japan and the US.
Chapter 4 : Prospect of scientific criminal investigation policy

Part IV: Review of the development of Digital forensic and scientific criminal investigation
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Current techniques on digital forensic
Chapter 3 : Concept of categorization of digital forensic techniques
Chapter 4 : Law and practice on digital forensic techniques
Chapter 5 : Prospect of digital forensic research

Part V: Review of the development of Bio forensic and scientific criminal investigation
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Development of bio forensic in Germany, Japan and the US.
Chapter 3 : Review of national bio forensic institutions
Chapter 4 : Current issues of bio forensic in Korea
Chapter 5 : Conclusion

Part VI: Review of the development of Forensic psychology and scientific criminal investigation
Chapter 1 : Introduction
Chapter 2 : Development of forensic psychology in Germany, Japan and the US.
Chapter 3 : Review of national policy on forensic psychology
Chapter 4 : Current issues of forensic psychology in criminal investigation
Chapter 5 : Prospect of the development in forensic psychology

Part VII: General conclusion
Chapter 1 : Prospect on the developed national scientific criminal investigation and forensic science.
Chapter 2 : Review of national scientific criminal investigation policy
Chapter 3 : Comparative study of scientific criminal investigation policy
Chapter 4 : Comparative study of case laws on scientific criminal investigation
Chapter 5 : Review of national scientific criminal investigation and digital forensic policy
Chapter 6 : Review of national scientific criminal investigation and bio forensic policy
Chapter 7 : Review of national scientific criminal investigation and forensic psychology policy