CRIM 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Automated Fingerprint Identification, Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation, John Dillinger
2 Feb 2017
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Description of the victim: may be many people who fit the same description. Must confirm tentative id: with a positive method. Done after tentative id to confirm/deny tentative id. 8-9th century: identification on contracts first nation pictographs. Unique: even in identical twins having fingerprints are genetic: the pattern is not. Environmentally determines: in utero developed the pattern of the fingerprint [the position in utero affects the patterns] identical twins, identical dna, different fingerprints. If an ident officer makes a mistake, their career is over: no longer an ident officer. To actually identify the fingerprint of a person. If it(cid:859)s o(cid:374) a(cid:374) err of (cid:272)autio(cid:374): it(cid:859)s fi(cid:374)e. Unchanged throughout life (they grow, may be scarred, but pattern remains the same ex. Minute examination of minutiae of ridge characteristics. Normal print has more than 150 individual ridge characteristics. May also get many other prints from friends, family etc. Personal items - often do not pick up print.
