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Quality Standards Specialist Group recommendations on the Code of Practice.
Guidelines for proficiency tests used in the assessment of DNA mixture analysis and interpretation methods.
Guidance for Y-STR analysis delivered into the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Revised codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
Codes of conduct and practice for forensic science providers and practitioners in the criminal justice system.
The Forensic Science Regulator publishes lessons that can be learnt from quality failings.
Guidance for investigators and prosecutors on image analysis.
This document sets out the process for urgent legal classification of firearms.
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.
FSR Regulatory Notice 02/2020.
Guidance on the obligations placed on expert witnesses in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
Guidance on using legal limits in the prosecution of drug-driving offences.
This guidance sets out the approach for the interpretation of DNA mixture profiles.
Notification on the the Forensic Science Regulator's lessons learnt review on quality failure in s5A drugs driving analysis.
Guidance on identifiying areas for prioritising research into fingerprint examination.
FSR Regulatory Notice 01/2020.
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