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Fingermark visualisation guidance for forensic laboratories

Guidance and resources to resolve common fingermark visualisation queries and help forensic laboratories achieve and maintain ISO 17025.

This page provides guidance and updates on techniques and processes for forensic laboratories carrying out fingermark visualisation.

It can help forensic enhancement laboratories to achieve and maintain ISO 17025, and includes validation evidence to support the Fingermark Visualisation Manual.

For more information contact the forensics and identity team FI_enquiries@dstl.gov.uk

Fingermark visualisation manual

Guidance

This section provides the latest guidance by topic, supplementing the information in the Fingermark Visualisation Manual.

Updates and newsletters

Updates to support the Fingermark Visualisation Manual, and an archive of past newsletters.

Updates to this page

Published 12 March 2024
Last updated 31 December 2024 + show all updates
  1. Added 3 new publications.

  2. New publications added

  3. New 'Polymer £20 and £50 banknotes: fingermark visualisation' guidance published.

  4. First published.