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History
Anatomy
Patterns
Evidence
Reliability
100
Pioneered the use of fingerprinting in criminal investigations in the late 1880s
Who is Juan Vucetich?
100
The outermost layer of skin on your fingertip
What is the epidermis?
100
A place on a fingerprint where ridges from three sides converge to form a triangle shape
What is a delta?
100
This is what all fingerprints need in order to form
What is a surface?
100
True or false: the accuracy of making identifications from latent prints has never been scientifically tested
What is true?
200
Pioneered the use of fingerprinting in the United States in 1902
Who is Dr. Henry P. DeForrest?
200
The raised part of your fingertip that is responsible for creating friction between the fingertip and an object being touched
What are the ridges?
200
A type of fingerprint pattern that has only one delta and is the most common pattern.
What is a loop?
200
A type of fingerprint evidence that is formed from the finger's natural oils and is not visible without extra work.
What is a latent fingerprint?
200
In 1999, Richard Jackson was cleared of a murder conviction in Philadelphia because of this mistake made by three examiners
What is mistakenly or erroneously matching his prints to those found at the scene?
300
The first group of people systematically fingerprinted in the United States in 1902
Who are candidates taking the civil service exam for the New York Civil Service Commission?
300
The parts of the fingertip where oil pools
What are the grooves?
300
A pattern where the ridges enter from one side of the finger and exit on the opposite side
What is an arch?
300
The two types of fingerprint evidence that are visible without additional work
What are visible prints and plastic impressions?
300
One of the advantages of fingerprints over DNA at a crime scene
What is being easy to collect?
400
Created the first national fingerprint collection site
Who is the International Association of Chiefs of Police?
400
The part of the skin that holds the oil and sweat glands that keep skin moist
What is the dermis?
400
A pattern where the ridges move in a circular direction
What is a whorl?
400
The method we used in the lab to make latent prints visible.
What is dusting with powder?
400
The organization that has a rigorous certifying test, that about half of current or would-be fingerprint examiners fail
Who is the International Association of Identification?
500
Keeps a computerized database of over 49 million sets of fingerprints for criminals, civilians, military personnel and government employees
What is the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)?
500
Attempting this can deform and permanently damage skin because the ridges are in deep layers of skin
What is trying to remove/change your fingerprints?
500
This is what you would look for to figure out which of the 3 groups of fingerprint patterns a fingprint belongs to.
What is the number of deltas?
500
This type of evidence is unique to all individuals EXCEPT identical twins
What is DNA (or a DNA fingerprint)?
500
The type of evidence that is unique to all individuals, even identical twins
What a fingerprint?