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The aim of this investigation is to develop the techniques necessary for fingermark visualisation, the collection of such finger marks and developing the skills required for the identification.
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Introduction The aim of this investigation is to develop the techniques necessary for fingermark visualisation, the collection of such finger marks and developing the skills required for the identification. I will then be necessary to compare fingermarks against impressions, having considered individual characteristics, within the fingermark pattern, and their position in relation to each other - a technique used to produce evidence for a court of law. Theory The discovery that no two people - not even identical twins - have the same fingerprints was one of the most important discoveries in the history of forensic science. This has been known in ancient China and Babylon, but it was not until a scientific paper by Scottish physician Dr Henry Faulds that modern fingerprint analysis began. The first serious study of fingerprints was by English scientist Sir Francis Galton, who laid the foundation of a classification of fingerprints. He identified 3 basic patterns...
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