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fingerprint terms
Term | Definition |
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fingerprint classification | fingerprints into file groups so that a file may be set upon the basis of fingerprints alone |
RIDGE CHARACTERISTICS (GALTON'S DETAILS) | Fingerprint ridges are not the same.They break and divide. |
invisible fingerprints | they are not really seen,but can be developed by powders or chemicals |
inked fingerprint | Using black printer's ink and a fingerprint roller, the ridge characteristics of certin person |
Latent fingerprint | impressions transferred to a surface |
patent plastic fingerprint | a fingerprint that is left in pain,oil,blood (etc) that is photographed |
arches | they are ridgelines that rise in the center to create wavelike pattern |
loops | are comprised of one or more ridges that double back on themselves |
whorls | look like whirlpools of ridgelines |
voiceprints | a voice that is recorded to see the energy patterns by the speech |
SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION | The ridge on every finger of every person is different. |
AFIS | can digitize fingerprint information |
DISSIMILARITY | difference between the opinion of the examiner |
DISCREPANCY | a difference between two patterns |
DACTYLOGRAPHY | the study of fingerprints |
CORE | the center of the fingerprint |
INDIVIDUALIZATION | matching of a latent print to one person |
CLASS ONE/LEVEL ONE DETAIL | the general ridge flow of a fingerprint. |
CLASS TWO/LEVEL TWO DETAIL | aspects of a particular ridge path |
CLASS THREE/LEVEL THREE DETAIL | finer detail concerning individual ridges, such as the shape of the edges, their width, and the presence of pores. |
ACE-V | recommended process or methodology for comparison of a latent print to a known print. |