This problem is a UK government area of research interest (ARI) that was originally posted at https://ari.org.uk/ by a UK government organisation to indicate that they are keen to see research related to this area.
Research and development in all forensic science areas: the rapidly expanding digital forensics; “conventional” areas such as fingerprints and DNA; and many other niche areas. Using general scientific advances and insights in the forensics domain.
Crimes such as homicide and theft, and drugs such as heroin and cocaine have always been of public concern, and there has been a recent focus on areas such as child sexual abuse, modern slavery, new psychoactive substances, online fraud, and online indecent images of children.
Contact details
research@homeoffice.gov.uk
Related UKRI Projects
- Natural Traces: Natural Traces in forensic investigations - how the analysis of non-human evidence can solve crime
- NEXUS: Next-generation Evidence eXamination Underpinned by Semantics — A First-of-a-kind AI Platform for Digital Forensics Investigations
- BlindSite: Blood, Lipid and Illicit Narcotics Detection and Situation
- Quantifying Digital Forensic Investigations and their Evidence
- Loughborough University and Foster & Freeman Limited
- At scene of crime DNA characterisation
- The evaluation of evidence in the form of multivariate data and in the absence of population data
- Towards a Smart Digital Forensic Advisor to Support First Responders with At-Scene Triage of Digital Evidence Across Crime Types
- FINDER: Forensic Identification via Non-Destructive Evidence Retrieval
- Understanding the Use of Digital Forensics in Policing in England and Wales: An Ethnographic Analysis of Current Practices and Professional Dynamics