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Getting Started : Why are fingerprints one of the best way to identify a person?. Focus: How can we classify our own finger pattern?. Mr. Epstein Forensic Science. 3 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FINGERPRINTS . ALL FINGERPRINTS ARE UNIQUE FINGERPRINTS DO NOT CHANGE OVER TIME
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Getting Started: Why are fingerprints one of the best way to identify a person? Focus: How can we classify our own finger pattern? Mr. Epstein Forensic Science
3 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF FINGERPRINTS ALL FINGERPRINTS ARE UNIQUE FINGERPRINTS DO NOT CHANGE OVER TIME FINGERPRINTS FORM PATTERNS THAT CAN BE CLASSIFIED- THESE PATTERNS ARE CALLED LOOPS, WHORLS AND ARCHES
John Dillinger’s Fingerprint Card Despite Dillinger’s attempts to alter his fingerprints by dipping them in acid his prints were still successfully identified because each print still had individual ridge characteristics that matched his original prints. With time all the skin damaged on Dillinger’s fingertips would have grown back to restore his original fingerprints. These are the fingerprints after his death:
Finger ridge patterns are determined by the dermal papillae layer underneath the epidermis.
These are in a different order then your handout! Fingerprint patterns Match the pictures first!
ACTIVITY 6-1 (page 149-150) STUDY YOUR FINGERPRINTS • Tape your fingerprint in the space provided below and identify its pattern type. Which hand? __________ Which finger? __________ Pattern type? ___________ • Data Table • Questions: • 1. Did the class percentage agree with the value given by experts? Yes or no. Explain your answer using data for support. • 2. Describe how to improve this data-collecting activity so that your results might be more reliable.