Abbreviations Free

6-Monoacetylmorphine

American Board of Forensic Anthropology

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry

Antilock braking system

Airbag control module

UK Association of Chief Police Officers

Accumulated degree days

Alcohol dehydrogenase

Accumulated degree hours

Automated Fingerprint Identification System

Association of Forensic Science Providers

Alternative light sources

Ammonium nitrate/fuel oil

Automated numberplate recognition

Acid phosphatase

American Society of Questioned Document Examiners

Automatic Teller Machine

Acceptable use policy

Benzenemethylketone

Bloodstain pattern analysis

Base pairs

N-Benzylpiperazine

Case assessment and interpretation

Child abuse image database

Centre of Applied Science and Technology

Chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear

Covert human intelligence source

Chartered Institute for Archaeologists

Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species

Criminal justice system

Confocal laser scanning microscopy

UK Computer Misuse Act

Chloroacetophenone

Crown Office Procurator Fiscal Service

Control of Substances Hazardous to Health

Criminal procedure rules

Crown Prosecution Service

Council for Registration of Forensic Practitioners

o-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile

UK Cyber Security Council

Crime Scene Coordinator

ortho-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile

Crime scene examiners

Chartered Society of Forensic Science

Crime scene investigators

Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology

Deoxyribonucleic acid

Director of Public Prosecutions

Dynamic Stability Programme

Defence Science and Technology Laboratory

Disaster victim identification

Association for Forensic Entomology

Event data recorder

Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction

Enzyme multiplied immunoassay technique

European Network of Forensic Science Institutes

Electrophoretogram

Electronic stability control

Electrostatic detection

Electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry

Fame atomic absorption spectroscopy

Forensic Anthropology Society of Europe

Federal Bureau of Investigation

Forensic Capability Network

Forensic Explosives Laboratory

Flame ionisation detectors

Fluorescence polarisation immunoassay

Forensic Scene Investigator

Forensic Science Northern Ireland

Forensic Science Regulator

Forensic Science Service

Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

gamma-Aminobutyric acid

General additive models

Gas chromatography

Gas chromatography–mass spectrometry

Thin layer chromatography

Gas chromatography–thermal energy analyser

General data protection regulation

Ground penetrating radar

Glass refractive index measurement

Gunshot residue

Defence hypothesis

High intensity discharge

Hexamethylene triperoxide diamine

Cyclotetramethylenetetranitramine

Home Office Forensic Science Service

Prosecution hypothesis

High-performance liquid chromatography

High resolution mass spectrometry

Hypervariable regions

International Association of Bloodstain Pattern Analysts

Integrated Ballistics Identification System

International Commission for Missing Persons

Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry

International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia

Improvised explosive device

International Forensic Strategic Alliance

International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation

Independent Office for Police Conduct

Integrated pest management

International Organization for Standardisation

King’s Counsel

Kastle–Meyer

Liquid chromatography–mass spectroscopy

Liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry

Low copy number

Leucocrystal violet

Lysergic acid diethylamide

Light emitting diode

Leuco Malachite Green

Low power microscope

Likelihood ratio

Leverhulme Research Centre for Forensic Science

Methylamphetamine

Matrix assisted laser desorption ionisation

Methylenedioxyamphetamine

Misuse of Drugs Act 1971

Methylenedioxymethylamphetamine

Microsomal enzyme oxidizing system

Medium-infrared spectroscopy

Minimum number of individuals

Missing Persons DNA Database

Messenger RNA

Mitochondrial DNA

National Ballistics Intelligence Service

National Crime Agency

National DNA database

Next generation sequencing

Near-infrared spectroscopy

National Institute of Standards and Technology

Nuclear magnetic resonance

National Police Chiefs Council

New/novel psychoactive substances

New technology file system

Oleoresin capsicum

Operating systems

Organization of Scientific Area Committees for Forensic Science

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984

President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology

Polymerase chain reaction

Polymerase chain reaction-restriction fragment length polymorphism

Polydimethylsiloxane

Principle direction of force

Pentaerythritol tetranitrate

Phosphoglucomutase

Photo ionisation detectors

Post-mortem interval

Minimum post-mortem interval

Point of impact

Police Search Advisor

Personal protective equipment

Perception response time

Police Service of Northern Ireland

Plea and Trial and Preparation Hearings

Quality Assurance Agency

Random amplification of polymorphic DNA

Cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine

Relative fluorescence units

Radioimmunoassay

Search and rescue

Synthetic cannabinoid receptor agonists

Scanning electron microscopy

Scanning electron microscopy with energy–dispersive spectroscopy

Supercritical fluid chromatography

Streamlined forensic report

Secondary ionisation mass spectrometry

Single nucleotide polymorphisms

Scene of crimes officers

Scottish Police Authority

Scottish Police Services Authority

Solid-state drives

Scientific Support Managers

Short tandem repeat

Scientific Working Group on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis

Triacetone triperoxide

Temporary class drug order

2,4,6-Trinitrophenylmethylnitramine

Trifluoromethylphenylpiperazine

Thin layer chromatography

2,4,6-Trinitrotoluene

Ultra high performance liquid chromatography

United Kingdom Accreditation Service

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

Ultraviolet

Vehicle identification number

Vulnerable Persons DNA Database

Victim recovery dogs

X-ray diffraction

X-ray fluorescence

Y Chromosome Haplotype Reference Database

Δ⁹-Tetrahydrocannibinol