Suspect Identities“No two fingerprints are alike,” or so it goes. For nearly a hundred years fingerprints have represented definitive proof of individual identity in our society. We trust them to tell us who committed a crime, whether a criminal record exists, and how to resolve questions of disputed identity. |
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... inked fingerprint , taken care- fully and methodically at a police station , and a latent fingerprint , left by accidental contact on some surface at the scene of a crime . Latent prints are blurred , smudged , overlaid upon one another ...
... inked prints and the prints found on the glass , he said , " there are sixteen points of comparison , very marked comparisons , which correspond identically . " 23 The prosecution next tried to introduce into evidence the photo- graphs ...
... inked fingerprints , which required minimal skill , but he was not trained for the far more rigorous work of analyzing , inter- preting , and comparing latent and inked fingerprints . His opinion as to the quality of the latent print ...
Contents
Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
Copyright | |
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