Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 322 g
Reihe: Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations
Comparison and Identification of Fingerprints
Buch, Englisch, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 153 mm x 227 mm, Gewicht: 322 g
Reihe: Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations
ISBN: 978-0-8493-9502-4
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Here is a complete guide to the collection, classification, and comparison of friction skin prints and the determination of identity and nonidentity. It discusses: the cause and significance of variations in prints; the importance of class characteristics in print; the application of probability in decision making; and photographic techniques and considerations.
Zielgruppe
Academic, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Taking Inked Prints -- Prints of the Living -- Other Devices and Materials for Recording Prints -- Major Criminal Prints -- Printing Problem Subjects -- Printing the Deceased -- 3 Classification -- Fingerprints -- Palm Prints -- Sole Prints -- 4 The Evidence Print -- The Latent Print -- The Visible Print -- The Plastic Impression -- Locating, Developing, Preserving, and Collecting Evidence Prints -- Determining the Age of an Evidence Print -- 5 Photography of Prints and Impressions -- The Camera -- Film -- Use of Colored Filters -- Lighting -- 6 The Basis of the Comparison -- Class Characteristics -- Individual Characteristics -- Determining Identity -- 7 Comparing Prints -- Orienting the Evidence Print -- Locating Minutiae -- Tonally Reversed Prints -- Laterally Reversed Prints -- Distortion -- Overlain Prints -- 8 Some Comparisons of Evidence Prints -- 9 Reporting and Testifying to Conclusions -- References -- Index.
