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Criminalistics chapter 14 vocabulary

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Portrait parlĂ©   A verbal description of a perpetrator's physical characteristics and dress provided by a witness.  
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Anthropometry   A system of identification of individuals by measurement of parts of the body, developed by Alphonse Bertillon.  
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Ridge characteristics   Ridge endings, bifurcations, enclosures, and other ridge details, which must match in two fingerprints in order for their common origin to be established. Minute  
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Latent fingerprint   Fingerprint made by the deposit of oils and/or perspiration; invisible to the naked eye.  
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Loop   Class of fingerprints characterized by ridge lines that enter from one side of the pattern and curve around to exit from the same side if the pattern.  
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Whorl   Class of fingerprints that includes ridge patterns that are generally rounded or circular in shape and have two deltas.  
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Arch   Class of fingerprints characterized by the ridge lines that enter the print from one side and flow out the other side.  
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Visible print   Fingerprint made when the finger deposits a visible material such as ink, dirt, or blood onto a surface.  
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Plastic print   Fingerprint impressed on a soft surface.  
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