Fingerprints

Ridge detail, development and comparison

How fingerprints form, how latent marks are developed and recovered, and how examiners compare and identify them.

Curriculum · 10 lessons

1. 1

   The World's Oldest Biometric

   12 min

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2. 2

   Friction Ridge Skin & How Prints Form

   20 min

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3. 3

   Pattern Classification: Loops, Whorls & Arches

   22 min

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4. 4

   Levels of Detail & Minutiae

   22 min

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5. 5

   Types of Prints & Where They're Found

   18 min

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6. 6

   Developing Latent Prints

   28 min

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7. 7

   Recovery, Lifting, Casting & Photography

   22 min

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8. 8

   ACE-V: The Comparison Methodology

   28 min

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9. 9

   AFIS, Databases & Ten-Print Capture

   22 min

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10. 10

    Reliability, the Courtroom & Case Study

    30 min

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