Type of fingerprints
Technology
Vocab
Collecting Fingerprints
Cases/History
100
What are the 3 main types of fingerprints we examined in class?
What is loop, whorl, arch
100
Experts claim that fingerprint identification is__________.
What is flawless
100
A center of a loop or whorl
What is CORE
100
a hidden fingerprint made visible through the use of powders or other techniques.
What is latent fingerprint.
100
What are the names of the 3 serial killers you studied this unit?
Who is John Dillinger, Ted Bundy, Richard Ramirez
200
What is Loop Fingerprint
200
What does AFIS stand for?
What is Automated Fingerprint Identification System
200
A triangular ridge pattern with ridges that go in different directions above and below a triangle.
What is DELTA
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 is believed to be the most popular reason Ted Bundy got away with so many murders?
what is his good looks and charm
300
What is Arch Fingerprints
300
What color powders did you use in the fingerprint dusting lab?
What is black, white (silver), Dual color
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
What are the 3 kinds of fingerprints found by investigators?
What is patent, plastic, and latent.
300
Which serial killer liked to pray on couples - typically on warm summer nights?
Who is Richard Ramirez
400
What is whorl fingerprint
400
What unit # is this?
What is Unit 4
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
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 Bertillon Measuring System
500
What is the most common type of fingerprint?
What is loop
500
What type of material did you use in the lab we just finished?
What is Fingerprint powders
500
What are the 6 other forms of "prints" that can be used to identify someone?
What is; shoes, lips, palms, footprints, teeth, voice
500
What are the two ways a latent finger print can be lifted?
What is... 1. Dusting with powders (carbon, magnetic, metallic) 2. Dripping with reactive chemicals.
500
How many points of similarity must you need to use fingerprints as evidence in a crime?
What is criminal courts will accept 8 to 12 points of similarity. (Trick question - no legal requirement)