How good do you think you'd be at fingerprint analysis?
Let's give it a go.
There's a fingermark on this newspaper. What would be the best technique to enhance it?
Ninhydrin dye is the best treatment for enhancement of latent prints on porous surfaces like newspaper.
Cyanoacrylate
Ninhydrin dye
Silver nitrate
Fluorescent fingerprint powder
There's a smeary bloodstained blob that has been wiped down. How might you enhance it?
fluorescent polymer attaches to the smallest trace of blood
Cyanoacrylate
Alternate light source
Fluorescent polymer
Ninhyrin dye
What is the most prominent feature of this fingerprint
The most prominent feature of this fingerprint is a whorl.
whorl
Arch
Delta
Hook
Can you see any minutiae on this fingerprint?
There are prominent Islands and bifurcation on this fingerprint.
Island, bifircation
spur, pore
double bifircation, trifircation
delta, dot
Test your observation. Do these fingerprints match?
The fingerprints are similar but there are not 12 matching features or minutiae.
Yes
No
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