INTERPOL DVI Forms
Definition
Standardised yellow (AM) and pink (PM) forms developed by INTERPOL for recording ante-mortem and post-mortem data in a comparable structure. Used across jurisdictions so that data collected by one team can be compared by another.
- Issuer
- INTERPOL
- AM form colour
- Yellow
- PM form colour
- Pink
- Purpose
- Standardised ante-mortem and post-mortem data recording
Common questions
Why does standardising the AM and PM forms matter for a multinational disaster response?+
When teams from different countries respond to the same incident, using a common form structure means ante-mortem data gathered by one team about a missing person can be directly compared against post-mortem data recorded by another team, without translation or format mismatches slowing down identification.
What kind of information do the AM and PM forms typically capture?+
AM forms record details reported by families about a missing person, such as physical description, dental records, and personal effects, while PM forms record findings from examination of recovered remains, including dental charting, DNA sampling, and distinguishing features, structured so the two can be matched field by field.
Related terms
- Ante-Mortem Data (AM)
- Information about a person recorded before death: dental charts, medical records, photographs, physical descriptions, fingerprints, and DNA reference samples from biological relatives....
- Likelihood Ratio (LR)
- The ratio of two conditional probabilities: the probability of the observed evidence given the prosecution's hypothesis (same source), divided by the probability...
- Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI)
- The smallest number of distinct individuals required to account for all skeletal elements present in an assemblage. Determined by identifying the element...
- Post-Mortem Data (PM)
- Information recovered from unidentified remains: dental charting of recovered dentition, fingerprints from preserved skin, skeletal measurements, pathological findings, DNA profile from bone...
- STR Profiling
- Short tandem repeat profiling: the same multi-locus PCR-based method used for human identity testing, adapted for target species with species-specific primer sets....