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Guidance on the requirements for method validation in the codes of practice and conduct.
This guidance sets out principles that should be followed for units completing DTN 102, providing additional detail to the specific requirements in the code.
This document sets out the process for urgent legal classification of firearms.
The regulator’s DNA specialist group has produced allele frequency databases and reporting guidance for DNA profiling.
A protocol on the use of casework material for validation purposes.
The regulator commissioned advice on the interpretation of DNA evidence.
This guidance sets out the general approach for the validation of software with specific focus on the requirements for DNA mixture interpretation.
Provides further explanation of some of the requirements of the codes related to speech and audio analysis.
Guidance on analysis and reporting in relation to offences under s5A Road Traffic Act 1988 (drug driving).
Guidance on the requirements of bloodstain pattern analysis.
Provides guidance and advice on validation stages and how the process can be applied within the digital forensic sciences.
Guidance on the management and use of staff elimination DNA databases for practitioners, DNA process personnel, kit manufacturers and database operators.
Notification regarding the use of drug testing kits and devices for rapid drug identification under the Home Office Circular 015/2012.
Guidelines for proficiency tests used in the assessment of DNA mixture analysis and interpretation methods.
Guidance on providing DNA elimination samples to detect inadvertent contamination by staff who pose a DNA contamination risk within the criminal justice system.
Guidance for practitioners on autosomal STR relationship testing, replacing FSR‑G‑228. Principles also apply to other autosomal markers like In/Dels and SNPs.
Guidance on the content of reports issued by expert witnesses in 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.
Sets out a standardised approach to formulating evaluative opinions used by forensic scientists in the criminal justice system.
Notification on the Forensic Science Regulator’s press release following Greater Manchester Police’s statement of 29 November 2024 concerning suspected data manipulation at Randox Testing Services and Trimega Laboratories.
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