Challenges to Fingerprints
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Challenges to Fingerprints
This book is the culmination of years of research. The authors have meticulously researched the field of fingerprint comparisons and now offer you an in-depth look at the reliability of this science. They cover topics such as forensic individualization, the ACE method, Automated Fingerprint Search, certification, error rates, contamination, training, and court challenges to fingerprints, among others.<br /><br />Beginning with a brief background into fingerprints, Ralph and Lyn Haber explain, in lay terms, the science behind forensic fingerprint comparison, and how exactly reliable is a fingerprint identification. They then take a more in-depth look into fingerprints and their use, including fingerprint comparison. A practice that has existed for over 100 years, fingerprint comparison has a very limited amount of research on error rates. This book helps fill that gap.<br /><br />If you are a trial attorney, investigator, or any professional working with fingerprint data, you need this book's expertise on this pervasive--yet inadequately examined--subject. You benefit from over a decade of thorough research into fingerprint comparison, including the authors' conference presentations, expert witness retainment, training courses, journal articles, television interviews, and more. Buy your copy today!<br /><br />Topics Include:<br /><br /> Fingerprint evidence<br /><br /> Fingerprint comparisons<br /><br /> Fingerprint examiners<br /><br /> Fingerprint comparison methodology<br /><br /> Fingerprint individuation<br /><br /> Friction ridge skin on fingers<br /><br /> Exemplar fingerprints<br /><br /> Latent fingerprints<br /><br /> Ridge flow patterns<br /><br /> Galton feature descriptions<br /><br /> Ridges-in-sequence description<br /><br /> Finding and lifting latent prints<br /><br /> Print value and quality<br /><br /> Crime scene latent print documentation<br /><br /> Crime lab processing and documentation of latent fingerprints<br /><br /> Examiner proficiency and certification testing<br /><br /> Erroneous identification rates<br /><br /> Contamination<br /><br /> Regulatory standards<br /><br />Court challenges
