Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions

The second edition of "Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions" is a comprehensive update on the latest technology and techniques in forensic science,including detection procedures, processing, and analysis methods. It also addresses the challenges faced by the field and the efforts needed to develop it further,with new topics such as ACE-V, computerized marking systems, probabilistic models, and ridge mark detection techniques. The book is an essential reference for practitioners, legal and police professionals, and students studying forensic science.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 448 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Since its publication, the first edition of Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions has become a classic in the field. This second edition is completely updated, focusing on the latest technology and techniques—including current detection procedures, applicable processing and analysis methods—all while incorporating the expansive growth of literature on the topic since the publication of the original edition.

Forensic science has been challenged in recent years as a result of errors, courts, and other scientists contesting verdicts, and changes of a fundamental nature related to previous claims of infallibility and absolute individualization. As such, these factors represent a fundamental change in the way training, identifying, and reporting should be conducted. This book addresses these questions with a clear viewpoint as to where the profession—and ridge skin identification in particular—must go and what efforts and research will help develop the field over the next several years.

The second edition introduces several new topics, including:

Discussion of ACE-V and research results from ACE-V studies

Computerized marking systems to help examiners produce reports

New probabilistic models and decision theories about ridge skin evidence interpretation, introducing Bayesnet tools

Fundamental understanding of ridge mark detection techniques, with the introduction of new aspects such as nanotechnology, immunology, and hyperspectral imaging

Overview of reagent preparation and application

Chapters cover all aspects of the subject, including the formation of friction ridges on the skin, the deposition of latent marks, ridge skin mark identification, the detection and enhancement of such marks, as well as the recording of fingerprint evidence.

Weight: 826g
Dimension: 254 x 178 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9780367778286
Edition number: 2 New edition