Latent Fingerprint Examination

Elements, Human Factors & Recommendations

Buch | Hardcover

316 Seiten

2014
Nova Science Publishers Inc (Verlag)
978-1-63117-892-4 (ISBN)

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Fingerprints have provided a valuable method of personal identification in forensic science and criminal investigations for over 100 years. Fingerprints left at crime scenes generally are latent prints -- unintentional reproductions of the arrangement of ridges on the skin made by the transfer of materials (such as amino acids, proteins, polypeptides, and salts) to a surface. Palms and the soles of feet also have friction ridge skin that can leave latent prints. The examination of a latent print consists of a series of steps involving a comparison of the latent print to a known (or exemplar) print. Courts have accepted latent print evidence for the past century. However, several high-profile cases in the United States and abroad have highlighted the fact that human errors can occur, and litigation and expressions of concern over the evidentiary reliability of latent print examinations and other forensic identification procedures has increased in the last decade. This book discusses latent print examinations in detail, and provides methods to improving the practice through a systems approach.

Preface; Latent Print Examination & Human Factors: Improving the Practice Through a Systems Approach (Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Latent Print Analysis); Latent Print Development; Index.

Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	180 x 260 mm
Gewicht	790 g
Themenwelt	Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Bioinformatik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Genetik / Molekularbiologie
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
ISBN-10	1-63117-892-X / 163117892X
ISBN-13	978-1-63117-892-4 / 9781631178924
Zustand	Neuware