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Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextSeries: Publisher: Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 2nd edDescription: 1 online resource (441 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781498728959
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 363.258
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Contents:
Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Authors -- 1. Friction Ridge Skin and Prints -- 2. Friction Ridge Identification Process -- 3. Chemistry, Light, and Photography -- 4. Fingermark Detection and Enhancement -- 5. Issues Related to the Exploitation of Fingerprints and Fingermarks -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix A: Statistical Data for General Fingerprint Patterns, Ridge Widths, and Gender -- Appendix B: Statistical Data on Minutiæ -- Appendix C: Fingermark Detection Sequences -- Appendix D: Reagent Preparation and Application -- Appendix E: Abbreviations -- Back Cover.
Summary: Now a classic reference in the field, this second edition, written by an internationally renowned team of authors, has been fully updated to include the latest advances in forensic fingerprint techniques. It introduces several new topics, including research results from ACE-V studies, new statistical models for fingerprint evidence interpretation, and new approaches and methods for fingermark detection. The book focuses on the latest technology and techniques--including current detection procedures, applicable processing and analysis methods--all while incorporating the expansive growth of literature on the topic since the publication of the first edition.
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Front Cover -- Contents -- Preface to the Second Edition -- Preface to the First Edition -- Authors -- 1. Friction Ridge Skin and Prints -- 2. Friction Ridge Identification Process -- 3. Chemistry, Light, and Photography -- 4. Fingermark Detection and Enhancement -- 5. Issues Related to the Exploitation of Fingerprints and Fingermarks -- 6. Conclusions -- Appendix A: Statistical Data for General Fingerprint Patterns, Ridge Widths, and Gender -- Appendix B: Statistical Data on Minutiæ -- Appendix C: Fingermark Detection Sequences -- Appendix D: Reagent Preparation and Application -- Appendix E: Abbreviations -- Back Cover.

Now a classic reference in the field, this second edition, written by an internationally renowned team of authors, has been fully updated to include the latest advances in forensic fingerprint techniques. It introduces several new topics, including research results from ACE-V studies, new statistical models for fingerprint evidence interpretation, and new approaches and methods for fingermark detection. The book focuses on the latest technology and techniques--including current detection procedures, applicable processing and analysis methods--all while incorporating the expansive growth of literature on the topic since the publication of the first edition.

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