These are the three main types of fingerprints
What are arches, loops, and whorls?
Before fingerprints were used as forensic evidence, they were used in this manner.
For identification, and/or to make contracts and agreements binding
Crime scene prints that are seen without dusting are called these.
What are patent fingerprints?
What type of fingerprint is this, specifically?
Tented Arch
This is the most common type of fingerprint.
What is loop?
What are invisible prints called?
Latent Prints
The three types of prints found by investigators at a crime scene are these.
What are patent, latent, and plastic prints?
What type of fingerprint is this?
This fingerprint type most closely resembles a bullseye
What is whorl?
Fingerprints are not the only body parts with unique patterns. Name one other.
What are the palms, footprints, (and lips and ears)?
When do fingerprints form?
In the womb
What type of fingerprint is this, specifically?
Central Pocket Whorl
This fingerprint pattern does not contain deltas
What is arch?
This pattern is the second most common pattern of fingerprint
What are whorls
"A center of a loop or whorl" is the definition of this minutia in fingerprint identification.
What is the core?
What fingerprint is this, specifically?
Plain Whorl
This fingerprint pattern can be subcategorized into plain and tented.
What is the FBI?
Describe one way to lift fingerprints
Answers will vary
What fingerprint is this, specifically?
Double Loop Whorl