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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.
Revised codes of practice and conduct for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Automated rapid DNA systems can include portable devices that can produce STR DNA profile results in under 2 hours for a small number of samples per run.
Guidance on the content of reports issued by expert witnesses in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Guidance on identifiying areas for prioritising research into fingerprint examination.
Revised codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Provides guidance and advice on validation stages and how the process can be applied within the digital forensic sciences.
Appendix to the codes of practice for forensic science providers covering video analysis.
The Forensic Science Regulator publishes lessons that can be learnt from quality failings.
Guidance on the content of non-expert technical statements within the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
A protocol on the use of casework material for validation purposes.
Notification on the broad risks the Regulator has identified in the forensic science activity of estimating vehicle speed from video footage.
This guidance sets out the general approach for the validation of software with specific focus on the requirements for DNA mixture interpretation.
Guidance on analysis and reporting in relation to offences under s5A Road Traffic Act 1988 (drug driving).
Provides further explanation of some of the requirements of the codes related to speech and audio analysis.
Guidance on the validation requirements of the search and comparison algorithm and the method in which it is deployed.
Standards and guidance for those forensic practitioners providing relationship testing services using autosomal DNA short tandem repeat profiling.
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