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The regulator’s DNA specialist group has produced allele frequency databases and reporting guidance for DNA profiling.
Guidance on using legal limits in the prosecution of drug-driving offences.
Guidance on declaring compliance with the statutory Forensic Science Regulator’s code of practice.
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.
Guidance on analysis and reporting in relation to offences under s5A Road Traffic Act 1988 (drug driving).
Guidance on the obligations placed on expert witnesses in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Guidance on legal obligations for expert witnesses and those involved in forensic pathology investigations.
Guidance on the content of reports issued by expert witnesses in the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Forensic Science Regulator newsletters cover issues of interest and relevance to forensic science practitioners.
Sets out a standardised approach to formulating evaluative opinions used by forensic scientists in the criminal justice system.
Appendix to the codes of practice for forensic science providers covering DNA analysis services.
Guidance for Y-STR analysis delivered into the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Revised codes of practice and conduct for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Appendix to the codes of practice for forensic science providers covering video analysis.
Explains the professional standard of performance within the field of forensic anthropology in the UK.
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.
Appendix to the codes of practice for forensic science providers covering digital forensic services.
Provides further explanation of some of the requirements of the codes related to speech and audio analysis.
Codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
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