PSY100Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cyanoacrylate, Fluorescence, Reagent
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After completing this learning module you will be able to: 6. 2 list the three major fingerprint patterns and their respective subclasses. 6. 1 know the common ridge characteristics of a fingerprint. Portrait parl : verbal description of a perpetrator"s physical characteristics and dress provided by an eyewitness. Anthropometry: system of identification of individuals by measurement of parts of the body, developed by alphonse bertillon. Click the tabs on the left to learn more about the fundamental principles of fingerprints. Ridge characteristics (minutiae): ridge endings, bifurcations, enclosures, and other ridge details, which must match in two fingerprints in order for their common origin to be established. Experience and knowledge of the expert, with the understanding that others may profess honest differences of opinion on the uniqueness of a fingerprint. Latent fingerprint: fingerprint made by the deposit of oils and/or perspiration; it is invisible to the naked eye.
