Fingerprints
Fingerprints: Critical Thinking
Answer the below TWO questions and submit your answers via Microsoft Office Document (i.e., doc, docx, and pds). (15 points each).
Using the description given below of the types of fingerprint patterns on each finger of a suspect, give the primary classification of the individual.
Finger
Right Hand
Left Hand
Thumb
Whorl
Whorl
Index
Loop
Loop
Middle
Loop
Loop
Ring
Loop
Whorl
Little
Arch
Loop
Answer:
Objective: Identify the common ridge characteristics of a fingerprint.
Page number: 132-133
Discuss how fingerprints on the following surfaces should best be visualized, documented, and preserved.
Latent fingerprint on a silver-colored butter knife.
Visible fingerprint (black) on the white wall of a house.
Latent fingerprint on a large manila envelope.
Answer (essay):
Objective: List the techniques for developing latent fingerprints on porous and nonporous objects. Describe the proper procedures for preserving a developed latent fingerprint.