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Guidance on the content of non-expert technical statements within the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Guidance on the requirements for method validation in the codes of practice and conduct.
Provides guidance and advice on validation stages and how the process can be applied within the digital forensic sciences.
How to control and avoid contamination in laboratory activities involving DNA evidence recovery and analysis.
This guidance sets out the approach for the interpretation of DNA mixture profiles.
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.
A protocol on the use of casework material for validation purposes.
This guidance sets out the general approach for the validation of software with specific focus on the requirements for DNA mixture interpretation.
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 shows readers how to recognise cognitive bias and therefore help to safeguard against biasing effects.
Guidance on the requirements of bloodstain pattern analysis.
Guidance for Y-STR analysis delivered into the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Standards and guidance for those forensic practitioners providing relationship testing services using autosomal DNA short tandem repeat profiling.
Codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
FSR Regulatory Notice 01/2019.
Guidance on the validation requirements of the search and comparison algorithm and the method in which it is deployed.
Appendix to the codes of practice for forensic science providers covering video analysis.
This document sets out the process for urgent legal classification of firearms.
Guidance on the process to create joint expert statements under Part 19.6 of the Criminal Procedure Rules.
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