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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... matching " points . " This method had been inspired by Galton's idea of matching minutiae . There was nothing magical about the num- ber eleven . Precisely how much matching ridge detail was enough to warrant concluding that the latent ...
... matching points might be declared an identification in one case ; another pair of prints might require fifteen matching points before a conclusion of identification could be reached . Since minimum standards were not based on empirical ...
... matching bands between Natasha and the watch . But the autorad showed only one matching band . On the witness stand , none of the Lifecodes tech- nicians could find the missing bands that their report claimed were there . These two ...
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Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
Copyright | |
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