The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses
by United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Contents
- Introduction
- The Identification Division of the FBI
- Types of Patterns and Their Interpretation
- Questionable Patterns
- The Classification Formula and Extensions
- Classification of Scarred Patterns—Amputations—Missing at Birth
- Filing Sequence
- Searching and Referencing
- How To Take Inked Fingerprints
- Problems in the Taking of Inked Fingerprints
- Problems and Practices in Fingerprinting the Dead
- Establishment of a Local Fingerprint Identification Bureau
- Latent Impressions
- Powdering and Lifting Latent Impressions
- Chemical Development of Latent Impressions
- The Use of the Fingerprint Camera
- Preparation of Fingerprint Charts for Court Testimony
- Unidentified Latent Fingerprint File