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OBJECTIVES
Students should be able:
1. Become familiar with the main features of human fingerprints.
2. Develop skills in dusting and lifting latent fingerprints.
3. Compare fingerprints of suspects to fingerprints lifted from a
simulated crime scene.
PROCEDURE
Part A: Taking your own fingerprints
Our own fingerprint was transferred to a fingerprint card and the
type of fingerprint was identified.
The fingerprint was slightly rolled across the fingerprint pad that
has been provided.
The powder brush was gently dip into the fingerprint powder and
the surface of the object printed with fingerprint was lightly
brushed.
The print was lifted and transferred to a white cue card as evidence
RESULT
QUESTION
1. Using the fingerprints below, identify each of the following
features; a lake, bifurcation, island and ridge ending. Circle
the feature and label it. You only need to identify each
feature once, and you may not need to use all of the prints
for this exercise. In addition, identify the fingerprint pattern
(arch, loop etc) for each print.
For the first print is radial loop. Second print is double loop whorls.
Third print is central pocket loop whorl. Fourth print is plain whorl.
Fifth print is plain arches while the last print is tented arches.
There were four features that exist at the second print which is
double loop whorls.
Ridge ending
lake
island ridge
bifurcation
The basic fingerprint type from the suspect and partial print from the
crime scene was a radial loop pattern. It is because it was opens
towards the thumb. The comparison between partial print from the
crime scene with fingerprint of three rival gang members suspected
in a beating death showed that the partial print matched with
fingerprint from suspect B.
10
11
12
10
11
12
7
4
3
2
7
4
1
5
2
5
2. Ridge ending
3. Bifurcation
5. Island
8. Bifurcation
11.
Bifurcatio
n
6. Ridge ending
9. Ridge ending
12.
Hook