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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... sufficient education to enable them to read the instruments and to use the decimal notation . This is more particularly a serious ob- jection in India , where warders and policemen are frequently far from well - educated men ...
... sufficient to declare an identification . His ba- sis for this number was that , in his experience examining fingerprints at Scotland Yard , he had seen different fingerprints with three match- ing ridge characteristics but none with ...
... sufficient and insufficient matching ridge detail lies . When it comes to corresponding ridge de- tail , Ashbaugh acknowledges , a crucial question is : " How much is enough ? " But his answer is unabashedly subjective : " Finding ...
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Jekylls and Hydes | 1 |
Measuring the Criminal Body | 32 |
Native Prints | 60 |
Copyright | |
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