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Guidance on analysis and reporting in relation to offences under s5A Road Traffic Act 1988 (drug driving).
Guidance for forensic service providers on using cell site data.
Sets out a standardised approach to formulating evaluative opinions used by forensic scientists in the criminal justice system.
Revised codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners 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.
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 non-expert technical statements within the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales.
Guidance on the process to create joint expert statements under Part 19.6 of the Criminal Procedure Rules.
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 regarding the use of drug testing kits and devices for rapid drug identification under the Home Office Circular 015/2012.
Guidance for the assessment, collection and recording of forensic science related evidence in sexual assault examinations.
Protocol for forensic science providers and practitioners covers the management and use of staff elimination DNA databases.
This guidance sets out the approach for the interpretation of DNA mixture profiles.
Standards and guidance for those forensic practitioners providing relationship testing services using autosomal DNA short tandem repeat profiling.
The Forensic Science Regulator publishes lessons that can be learnt from quality failings.
Codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
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.
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