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Guidance for Y-STR analysis delivered into the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
How to control and avoid contamination in laboratory activities involving DNA evidence recovery and analysis.
Explains the professional standard of performance within the field of forensic anthropology in the UK.
Code of practice produced by the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences' Forensic Gait Analysis Working Group in collaboration with the College of Podiatry.
Revised codes of practice and conduct for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Guidance on the requirements of bloodstain pattern analysis.
Guidance for investigators and prosecutors on image analysis.
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.
Guidance on the requirements for the assessment, collection and recording of forensic science related evidence during sexual assault examinations.
The regulator’s DNA specialist group has produced allele frequency databases and reporting guidance for DNA profiling.
This guidance shows readers how to recognise cognitive bias and therefore help to safeguard against biasing effects.
Guidance on the content of reports issued by expert witnesses in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Guidance on the recovery of items and samples believed to be relevant to an alleged sexual offence from a complainant in a dedicated facility.
Revised codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Notification sets out the position statement of the regulator on the status of the defunct Council for the Registration of Forensic Practitioners (CRFP) register.
Notification on the consultation to the proposed changes to the FSA-specific requirements for FSA DTN 102, analyses of blood samples for s5A drug driving.
Provides further explanation of some of the requirements of the codes related to speech and audio analysis.
The Forensic Science Regulator publishes lessons that can be learnt from quality failings.
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