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FSA-BIO 100 covers the forensic medical examination of complainants. This FSA will be coming under the FSR Code of Practice in October 2025.
This document sets out the process for urgent legal classification of firearms.
The Forensic Science Regulator has issued guidance to practitioners on making public comments on any case in which they have been involved.
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.
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.
Guidance on the obligations placed on expert witnesses in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
FSR Regulatory Notice 01/2019.
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 analysis and reporting in relation to offences under s5A Road Traffic Act 1988 (drug driving).
Guidance on identifiying areas for prioritising research into fingerprint examination.
Article 'Forensic science evidence in question' published in Sweet and Maxwell’s Criminal Law Review (Issue 5, 2011).
The End user specialist group terms of reference and remit.
The fingerprint parallel session 1 covered the fingermark enhancement manual that launched in January 2014.
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