What it shows

Along with the name of each person in the register you will find the name of one or more specialties. These describe the fields in which we believe, following a careful assessment, that person is currently competent to do forensic work.

For example, the person might be registered in fingerprint examination, collision investigation or odontology, or be a scientist who specialises in the analysis of drugs or questioned documents. In some areas the work can be even more specialised, so these groups are broken down further into subspecialties. So the register will always show a practitioner's particular field(s) of activity.

For every practitioner, the register also shows:

• Their gender,
• Some contact information
• The region of the UK in which they practise,
• The period for which they are registered.

The register was never intended to be a directory. Registrants have the option whether to provide a postal address because of concerns over personal security.