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Guidance on the requirements for method validation in the codes of practice and conduct.
Notifications to forensic science providers and the criminal justice system with updates concerning forensic science.
Details of our working groups and subcommittees and latest meeting minutes.
A lack of funding to improve forensic science is jeopardising the integrity of the criminal justice system, a new report warns today (6 January 2016).
Protocol for forensic science providers and practitioners covers the management and use of staff elimination DNA databases.
The Regulator ensures that the provision of forensic science services across the Criminal Justice System complies with a high standard of scientific quality.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
The Forensic Science Regulator annual report for 2014 to 2015.
The Forensic Science Regulator annual report for 2015 to 2016.
The Forensic Science Regulator annual report for 2016 to 2017.
The 2019 report from the regulator emphasised the risk that skills shortages within forensic science pose to the future of the sector.
Guidance on the requirements of bloodstain pattern analysis.
Guidance on the recovery of items and samples believed to be relevant to an alleged sexual offence from a complainant in a dedicated facility.
Guidance on the process to create joint expert statements under Part 19.6 of the Criminal Procedure Rules.
Revised codes of practice and conduct for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
How to control and avoid contamination in laboratory activities involving DNA evidence recovery and analysis.
Guidance on the content of non-expert technical statements within the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Guidelines for proficiency tests used in the assessment of DNA mixture analysis and interpretation methods.
Guidance on how to minimize the risk of DNA contamination in settings used routinely for sexual assault examinations, and police custody.
Notification on the amended accreditation requirements for activity level interpretation and opinion and making a declaration of compliance with the code of practice.
This guidance sets out the approach for the interpretation of DNA mixture profiles.
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