Vocabulary Terms
Characteristics of Fingerprints
Fingerprinting Technology
Collecting Fingerprints
History of Fingerprints
100
A center of a loop or whorl
What is CORE
100
What are the 3 types of fingerprints?
What is... Arches Loops Whorls
100

Experts claim that fingerprint identification is__________.

Is very accurate depending on conditions. Overall, in optimal conditions, fingerprinting is extremely accurate, with false positives being rare and false negatives being more dependent on print quality. It's generally considered one of the most reliable forensic identification methods available.  .

100
a hidden fingerprint made visible through the use of powders or other techniques
What is latent fingerprint.
100
What was the first culture that used fingerprints to identify individuals in their armies? 

China 

200
A triangular ridge pattern with ridges that go in different directions above and below a triangle
What is DELTA
200
What characteristics are fingerprints named for?
What is General visual appearance and patterns.
200
What year did the FBI create the Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System?
What is 1999.
200
a visible fingerprint that happens when fingers with blood, ink, or some other substance on them touch a surface and transfer the pattern of their fingerprint to the surface
What is patent fingerprint.
200

What country/society first used fingerprinting to identify a criminal? 

What is Argentina? Francisca Rojas

300
A combination of details in the shapes and position of ridges in fingerprints that make each unique; also called a ridge
What is MINUTIAE
300
A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern originates from one side of the print and leaves from the other side
What is ARCH.
300
How many fingerprint specialist made a false identification?
What is 1 in 5.
300
What are the 3 kinds of fingerprints found by investigators?
What is patent, plastic, and latent.
300
What year did the United States first started using fingerprinting?

What is 1903?

400
The recognizable pattern of the ridges found in the end joints of the fingers that form lines on the surface of objects in a fingerprint
What is RIDGE PATTERN
400
What type of fingerprint does the highest percentage (65%) of the population have?
What is loops.
400

What types of surfaces does iodine lifting work best?

Porous surfaces like paper

400
a three-dimensional fingerprint made in soft material such as clay, soap, or putty
What is plastic fingerprint.
400
What is the system that Alphonse Bertillon created to identify criminals?
What is Bertillonage.
500
A form used to record and preserve a person's fingerprints
What is TEN CARD
500
A fingerprint pattern in which the ridge pattern flows inward and returns in the direction of the origin.
What is LOOP.
500
New fingerprint technologies can scan at the rate of...
What is 500-1,000 dots per inch.
500

What are the two ways a latent finger print can be lifted?

What is... 1. Dusting with powders (carbon, magnetic, metallic) 2. Lifting with chemicals

500

DOUBLE JEOPARDY!!!!!!!!!!! Describe how criminals alter their fingerprints referring to the case of John Dillinger.

Some criminals alter their finger prints by using acids. In the case of John Dillinger he tried using acid to remove his fingerprints after hearing stories about how Cuban worker’s fingerprints began to disappear after being exposed to the chemicals in pineapples over time. However, fingerprints can grow back and are still able to help identify you.

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