Fingerprint Science: How to Roll, Classify, File, and Use Fingerprints

• NCJ Number: 182205
• Author(s): Clarence G. Collins
• Date Published: 1998
• Length: 180 pages
• Sale Source: Copperhouse @ Atomic Dog Publishing
• Publication Format: Book (Softbound)
• Publication Type: Overview Text
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This book presents specific material dealing with all phases of fingerprint classification, identification and filing systems.

Abstract

The text is designed for the beginning and intermediate fingerprint classifier. It will also serve as a quick reference source for the more experienced technician. The book is divided into 11 chapters: (1) Fingerprints: Their History and Meaning; (2) Fingerprint Pattern Types and Classifications; (3) Fingerprint Classification; (4) Scarred Patterns, Amputations, and Missing at Birth; (5) Filing Sequence; (6) Searching and Referencing; (7) Techniques for Taking Good Fingerprints; (8) Problems in Taking Inked Fingerprints; (9) Proper Procedure for Taking Major Case Prints; (10) Preparation of Fingerprint Charts for Court Testimony; and (11) Problems and Practices in Fingerprinting the Dead. The book also cites three cases involving outstanding accomplishments by a police department’s Latent Print Section, whose work contributed to the apprehension and conviction of three murder suspects. Figures, tables, appendixes