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Unit 3: Fingerprints

  • Vocabulary

    • Dactyloscopy
    • Dr. Nehemiah Grew
    • Johann Mayer
    • Sir William Herschel
    • Aphonse Bertillon
    • ridges vs valleys
    • basal layer
    • Ridgeology
    • minutiae
    • deltas
    • core
    • ridge count
    • Arch (all types)
    • Whorl (all types)
    • Loops (all types)
    • Ending Ridge
    • short Ridge
    • Fork/Bifurcation
    • Hook
    • Eye
    • Dot/Island
    • Crossover
    • Bridge
    • Enclosures
    • Specialty
    • AFIS
    • patent fingerprints
    • plastic fingerprints
    • latent fingerprints
    • eccrine glands
    • Apocrine glands
    • Sebaceous glands
    • Biometrics
    • Know the three principles of fingerprinting
    • Know the history of fingerprinting
    • Be able to ID minutia
    • Be able to ID basic fingerprint patterns
    • When and how do fingerprints develop
    • Know which patterns are most and least common
    • how many points of similarity do we require
    • Know how to create a Henry FBI classification 
    • Know the 5 chemicals used to lift fingerprints - when are they used and what will the print look like
    • Know the different kinds of prints you have beyond fingerprints

     

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