NCJ Number
146721
Journal
Journal of Forensic Identification Volume: 44 Issue: 1 Dated: (January-February 1994) Pages: 15-21
Date Published
1994
Length
7 pages
Annotation
This article describes fingerprint identification supported by the science of poroscopy.
Abstract
While the majority of fingerprint identifications rely on the position and sequence of ridge characteristics, other detail can be used when a low number of these ridge characteristics are present. Each year in Australia many items of mail containing illicit drugs are intercepted and subsequently seized by the Australian Federal Police. This report relates to a fingerprint identification on one such item which is supported by the science of poroscopy. Papillary ridge skin identification is generally established by comparing characteristics such as ridge endings, bifurcations, short ridges, etc. The fingerprint examiner must establish these characteristics in true relative position and in a sequential relationship. In addition, the use of sweat pores and ridge edges as a means of establishing identification has been well documented. This article documents the use of ridge detail and sweat pores to support fingerprint identification in the case of a person eventually convicted of the importation of cannabis leaf. Six figures