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Detention services order 15/2012 on fingerprinting detained individuals in immigration detention centres.
Guidance on identifiying areas for prioritising research into fingerprint examination.
If there is a mistake on your DBS certificate, the forms and guidance explain what you need to do.
Guidance on the validation requirements of the search and comparison algorithm and the method in which it is deployed.
Guidance on maximising the use of powders for fingerprint recovery from a range of surfaces found at scenes of crime.
This consultation is seeking feedback from interested parties on the fingerprint comparison appendix and terminology compendium.
This document sets out the policy governing the international exchange of data held on forensic information databases under the FIND Strategy Board’s remit.
How to access the Clostridioides difficile ribotyping network for England (CDRN) enhanced fingerprinting service.
Summary of Fingerprint Quality Standards Specialist Group workshop held in October 2021.
December 2011 report on the quality standards required for fingerprint examination.
The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 Act was passed on 1 May 2012, find out how the act works for DNA and fingerprints.
A standard method to test that a new batch of fingerprint powders performs similarly to an existing reference batch.
The fingerprint parallel session 1 covered the fingermark enhancement manual that launched in January 2014.
Interactive i-pad session
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