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Subscribe ». More than dust Crime-scene investigators use a variety of developing agents to visualize latent prints from a crime scene, depending on the surface where the prints were left.
Cyanoacrylate Considered the gold standard for developing fingerprints left on nonporous surfaces, cyanoacrylate fumes react with fingerprint residues to produce a stable, white pattern. This can be further divided into a radial loop that points towards the thumb or an ulnar loop that points towards the ulna bone. Whorls: These are circular patterns similar to whirlpools. They can be plain or concentric whorls, a central pocket loop that is a loop with a whorl at one end, a double loop two loops in an S-shaped pattern , or an accidental loop that carries an irregular shape.
Arches: These are wave-like and consist of plain arches and bent arches that rise to a sharper point compared to plain arches. These patterns remain consistent with age. Even in cases where new skin develops, it forms in the existing ridge and furrow patterns already established in the finger.
In cases where the skin is damaged, the new skin also follows previous patterns. The above-mentioned patterns are used to include or exclude a fingerprint from the analysis. The fingerprint analyst uses specific points on the ridge to identify and compare similar points on an unknown fingerprint. If a significant number of points correlate between the two fingerprints then they are said to be of the same person.
Patent prints are collected using the standard manner of photography. The prints are photographed in high resolution using a forensic measurement scale. The quality of images can also be further improved using low light or alternate light sources, chemicals, dyes, etc. Latent prints are collected by dusting a smooth surface with the fingerprint powder, such as black granular, aluminum flake, and black magnetic.
On dusting the powder, if prints emerge, they are then photographed using a camera, lifted from the surface using an adhesive tape. The tape can then be kept on a latent lift card to preserve it. However, sometimes, using fingerprint powder can also contaminate the fingerprint, preventing further analysis. An alternative to latent prints is the use of an alternate light source or super glue before applying the fingerprint powder.
In analyzing fiber evidence, several instruments are used: Stereomicroscope. Comparison Microscope. Polarized Light Microscope. Analysing evidence Evidence at a crime scene may only be found in small, trace amounts so forensic scientists use a variety of techniques including microscopic analysis, mass spectrometry, chromatography and DNA analysis. The technique of fingerprinting is known as dactyloscopy.
The person rolls his or her fingertips in ink to cover the entire fingerprint area. Then, each finger is rolled onto prepared cards from one side of the fingernail to the other. These are called rolled fingerprints.
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