UK Forensic Science Regulator (FSR)
Definition
The statutory body in England and Wales responsible for setting and monitoring quality standards in forensic science. The FSR has published codes of practice and guidance on evaluative reporting, including positions on verbal LR scales used by accredited laboratories.
Related terms
- ENFSI Guideline for Evaluative Reporting
- A consensus guidance document from the European Network of Forensic Science Institutes that defines how member laboratories should express evaluative opinions. It...
- Evaluative conclusion
- A forensic opinion that addresses the weight of the evidence, typically expressed as an LR or a verbal equivalent. Distinct from a...
- 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...
- Source-level hypothesis
- A proposition about who or what produced a trace, for example 'this glass came from the broken window at the crime scene'...
- Verbal scale
- The ENFSI translation of numerical likelihood ratios into courtroom language: very strong support (LR over 10,000), strong support (LR 1,000-10,000), moderate support...
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- Verbal Equivalents of the Likelihood RatioThe statutory body in England and Wales responsible for setting and monitoring quality standards in forensic science. The FSR has published codes of practice a...