CRIM 355 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Minutiae, Cadaver, Radiography

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Criminology
• Course: CRIM 355
• Professor: Gail Anderson

Document Summary

Week 4 identi cation of a person part ii: latent prints (not visible, individualization (not identi cation, identi cation, it"s a ngerprint, individualization, it"s your ngerprint. Individual characteristic: no two have ever found to be the same, unchanged throughout life (they grow, may be scarred, but pattern remains the same, ridge patterns can be classi ed. Decomposing remains: skin sloughs off, can rehydrate ngers for ngerprints after death, police of cer can take take prints from dead body. Week 4 identi cation of a person part ii: medical x-rays, if victim broke a bone in life, x-rays should be available, might have multiple x-rays from a fall. Implanted devices: serial numbers, manufacturer, hospital, surgeon, patient. Likely in cases of genocide: mtdna (mitochondrial) - from mother, could get premortem sample from mother or maternal line. Week 4 identi cation of a person part ii: nuclear dna changes - mtdna unchanged, directly from mother.