Friction Ridge Skin
Comparison and Identification of Fingerprints
1st Edition
Published on 24. July 2020
232 pages
978-1-000-10863-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
Reviews / Votes
"The book belongs in the 'must have' category...the chapters on the taking of prints, photography, and classification are clear and succinct...When it comes to comparisons, most other texts take the approach of 'well, you just do'...The present text explains how..."- Journal of Forensic Sciences
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Series
Edition
1. Auflage
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13
978-1-000-10863-7 (9781000108637)
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Other editions
Additional editions
James F. Cowger
Friction Ridge Skin Comparisn & Identificatn of Fingerprints
Comparison and Identification of Fingerprints
Book
09/1992
1st Edition
CRC Press
€361.50
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Person
James F. Cowger
Content
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.
