Description
Book SynopsisFingerprint collection and analysis may be performed as part of many jobs, including crime scene technician, latent print examiner, criminalist, and lab supervisor. Regardless of one's specific background or role in the process, a knowledge of scientific practices is critical in handling and analyzing fingerprint evidence. The best way to understand the principles and concepts of any science learned in a classroom is to perform experiments.
The exercises in Fingerprint Analysis Laboratory Workbook, Second Edition address all aspects of fingerprint theory, investigation, processing, comparisons, and research. Designed specifically to parallel the Fundamentals of Fingerprint Analysis, Second Edition textbook, the laboratory exercises correspond with the textbook chapters, with exercise in the lab chapter putting into practice the concepts covered in the text chapter. Each lab follows the same format, beginning with the objectives of the experiment and
Table of Contents
Part 1. Introduction to Fingerprints 1. Introduction: Class and Individual Characteristics 2. History 3. Embryology and Physiology 4. Fingerprint Patterns and Classification 5. Known Fingerprints 6. The Nature of Latent Prints 7. Biometrics: Livescan and AFIS Part 2. Latent Print Development 8. Introduction to Processing Methods 9. Forensic Light Sources 10. Physical Processing Methods 11. Chemical Processing Methods: Porous Substrates 12. Chemical Processing Methods: Nonporous Substrates 13. Chemical Processing Methods: Other Substrates and Matrices Part 3. Fingerprint Analysis 14. Documentation 15. Crime Scene Processing 16. Fingerprint Comparisons: ACE-V Methodology 17. Fingerprint Comparisons: Point Counting, Error Rates and Statistics 18. Palm Print Comparisons 19. Courtroom Testimony
