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Recommendations: Fingerprint Inquiry

1,814 tracked recommendations 35 inquiries 9 match current filters

Recommendations issued by UK statutory and non-statutory inquiries, with their tracked government response and supporting evidence.

Recommendations

9 of 1,814

Code	Recommendation	Inquiry	Response
FP1	Fingerprint evidence as opinion Fingerprint evidence should be recognised as opinion evidence, not fact, and those involved in the criminal justice system need to assess it …	Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
FP3	Discontinue certainty claims Examiners should discontinue reporting conclusions on identification or exclusion with a claim to 100% certainty or on any other basis suggesting that …	Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
FP5	Basis of conclusions Experts should list all variables considered and state whether the conclusion has been reached through training and personal experience or on any …	Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
FP9	Features demonstrable to lay persons Features on which examiners rely should be demonstrable to a lay person with normal eye sight as observable in the mark.	Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
FP16-18	Academic study requirement Expert opinion should be informed by proper academic study of the subject.	Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
FP53	Note-taking general practice Note-taking as to the detail found on analysis and the process of comparison, though not mandatory, should become the general practice for …	Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
FP60	Disclosure of opinion basis - recording Experts should record and properly disclose all of the basis of their opinion to enable a court to understand it and the …	Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
FP66	Unable to exclude findings Before a finding of 'unable to exclude' is led in evidence, careful consideration will require to be given to (a) the types …	Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)	Accepted
FP-COMPLEX	Complex marks examination Processes should be developed to ensure that complex marks such as those in question are treated differently, by examination by three suitably …	Fingerprint Inquiry (2011)	Accepted