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1. Fingerprinting ASISTM ProjectForensic Investigations 
2. What are fingerprints? On the fingers and palms of the hands and the toes and soles of the feet the skin is covered with friction ridges. 
4. Why do we have friction ridges?  Friction ridges are used to increase grip and the sense of touch. 
7. Friction Ridge Patterns There are 3 main friction ridge patterns:
Loops - most common
Whorls
Arches - least common 
8. Loop 
9. Whorl 
10. Arch 
11. Minutiae - fine detail 
12. Minutiae Patterns 
13. Example 
14. Sweat Pores It is possible to see small white dots on the friction ridges - the white dots are sweat pores.
 
15. Sweat pores 
16. Identical Fingerprints? No two fingers have ever been found to possess completely identical friction ridge patterns.
 
17. Twins 
18. Twins Fingerprints The minutiae or fine details of identical twins fingerprints are different.
 
19. Twins - minutiae 
20. How to take a fingerprint An easy way is to use a pencil:
1)	Rub an area on a piece of paper with a pencil. 
2)	Then rub your finger over the graphite on the paper. 
Next, apply a small piece of sticky tape to the finger, lift and place the tape on the sheet of paper.
Make sure you clearly indicate from which finger the sample is from.
 
21. An easy way to take a fingerprint 
22. An easy way to take a fingerprint -2 
23. An easy way to take a fingerprint -3 
24. Brushing for a fingerprint at a crime scene 
25. Finding Fingerprints Some fingerprints are obvious - these are called visible prints.
 
26. Visible fingerprints on a door 
27. Finding Fingerprints Some fingerprints are NOT obvious - these are called latent prints. 
28. How do you find latent prints? Certain chemicals attach to substances that have      been excreted by the sweat pores.
 
29. Using superglue 
30. Using iodine 
31. Using ninhydrin 
32. References   Images
Fingerprints of J. Dook, R. Henderson and C. Henderson were taken using a pencil as described on Slide 17. The prints were then scanned into Adobe Photoshop at a resolution of 1200dpi.
J. Dook is the hand and foot model.
Slide 18 image taken of Police Constable Darren Fisher by J. Dook at the Joondalup Police Academy, November 2005.
All other photography by Paul Ricketts, DUIT Multimedia, the University of Western Australia.
Graphic design of slides by Trevor Hutchison, DUIT Multimedia, the University of Western Australia.