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Fingerprints - Mark R. Hawthorne

Fingerprints

Analysis and Understanding
Buch | Softcover
142 Seiten
2008
Crc Press Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4200-6864-1 (ISBN)
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Examines the techniques used to gather and analyze latent fingerprint evidence. This book includes explanations of the history of analysis, ID methods, print pattern types, and classification systems. It covers evidence preparation and presentation. It discusses various lifting methods, with instruction on finding, storing, and comparing prints.
The unique composition of the skin on the inner hands and bottom of the feet affords not only a utilitarian benefit in providing friction but also provides a forensic marker for identifying individuals. Fingerprints: Analysis and Understanding is the most fundamental, up-to-date resource available on the techniques of obtaining and analyzing latent fingerprint evidence.





Using an outline format for rapid comprehension, this concise text is as easy to understand by those collecting evidence as it is by those in the branches of criminal justice who need to understand the principles. Divided into two parts, the book begins with the basics of analysis, providing a brief history, systematic methods of identification, fingerprint pattern types and their associated terminologies, and current classifications.





The second section covers the identification and presentation of evidence in the courtroom, demonstrating both the traditional, manual method of lifting prints and the newer techniques for automated and live scans. The book provides instruction on searching and developing latent prints, storage, and comparison of prints.





Author Mark R. Hawthorne is the lead instructor in physical evidence and crime scenes at the San Francisco Police Regional Training Academy. He brings his twenty-nine years experience in police work processing over 3000 crime scenes to present a practical, concise guide to a complex science, helping readers to understand the principles, applications, and uses of fingerprints, whether at the scene, or in the courtroom.





 


 

San Francisco Police Department, California, USA (Retired)

I. Fingerprint Analysis


The History of Fingerprints


Outline of the History of Fingerprints


Early Nonsystematic Methods of Identification


Study Questions


Systematic Methods of Identification


Bertillonage


Fingerprints


Definitions Associated with Fingerprints


Fingerprint Patterns and Ridge Characteristics


More Fingerprint Definitions


Study Questions


Fingerprint Pattern Types and AssociatedTerminology


Loop Pattern


Loop Ridge Counting


Radial and Ulnar Loops


Other Issues Pertaining to Loops


Plain Arch and Tented Arch Patterns


The Plain Arch


The Tented Arch


The Whorl Pattern


Plain Whorl


Central Pocket Loop Whorl


Double Loop Whorl


Accidental Whorl


Ridge Tracing and Counting Whorl Patterns


The Palm Print


Study Questions


Classification: Henry with FBI Extension, NCIC, and IAFIS


Henry With FBI Extension


Ridge Count Conversion


Conversion Chart for Ridge Counts


Referencing


Filing Sequence


NCIC Classification System


IAFIS


Other Fingerprint Systems (Manual Methods or Systems)


Study Questions


 II. Development, Identification, and Presentation of Fingerprints


Known/Direct/Inked Fingerprints; Unknown/ Latent Fingerprints


Known Fingerprints


Manual Method


Live Scan


Unknown Fingerprints (Commonly Referred to as Latent Prints)


Conditions Affecting Latent Prints


The Crime Scene Search and Fingerprint Development


Fingerprint Development Techniques (see Appendix A)


Powder Techniques


Chemical Techniques


Procedure After Developing Prints


Fingerprint Comparison and Identification


Study Questions


Court Presentation


Preparation


Court Presentation


Verbal


Nonverbal


Review


Challenges to the Science of Fingerprints


Study Questions


Appendix A


Appendix B


Bibliography


Index

Erscheint lt. Verlag 26.11.2008
Zusatzinfo 32-page section w/ page numbers in CMYK; 1 Tables, black and white; 69 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort Bosa Roca
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 256 g
Themenwelt Recht / Steuern Strafrecht Kriminologie
ISBN-10 1-4200-6864-4 / 1420068644
ISBN-13 978-1-4200-6864-1 / 9781420068641
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