Three
new proposed
Standards from SWGFAST
Draft for Comment
Standards on the SWGFAST
Website
Standard
for Examination of Simultaneous Impressions
Standard
for Friction Ridge Automation Training (Tenprint)
Standard
for Friction Ridge Digital Imaging
Position
Paper on Latent Fingerprint
Identification from the IAI...
29
Nov 2007, from the International
Association for
Identification.
Identifying
the Needs of the Forensic Sciences Community
Interesting documents online
at the National Academies of Science Committee
on Science, Technology and Law
ACID
YELLOW Development of Bloody
Latent Prints on Dark Surfaces...
27 Jul 2007 IAI presentation,
courtesy
of the
US Army Criminal
Investigation Laboratory.
Right-click
here to download the large PowerPoint
version of this presentation, then open on your
computer.
Right-click
here to download the large PDF version of this
presentation, then open on your computer.
Ninhydrin
Development without
expensive or dangerous solvents. Research
from Korea...
Major Case Prints
DRAFT Card
A new card for recording all finger joints/tips and thenar
(base
of palm) areas was drafted by SWGFAST in September 05. It
is anticipated that the new Major Case Prints form number will be FD-884A.
The new card
is intended to facilitate comprehensive record
finger and palm prints
(AKA Major Case Prints) when fully completed with existing FBI Fingerprint
Card (Form FD-249 front
and back )
and FBI Palmprint Card (Form FD-884 front
and back )
records. The below draft design has not
been approved
by
the FBI and may undergo modifications during vetting with the IAI and other
internal
and external interested parties. See the CLPEX.com discussion
about MCPs and the
new card here.
Blank
Card Front
Blank
Card Back
Sample Card Front with Prints
Sample Card Back
with Prints
Card Front Block
Sizes
Card Back Block Sizes
MCP standardization will assist AFIS as more vendors design
systems for handling all friction ridge areas of the hands.
Latent Print Exam Study Questions
Courtesy of Henry
Templeman of the San Jose Police Department
These
are not IAI LPCB approved or endorsed - but may help give examiners an
idea of their knowledge level in preparation for the LPCB Exam. Be
sure to study all the cited reference materials to acquire knowledge sufficient
to pass.
I
nteresting transcript
from a BBC Feburary 2006 Newsnight interview
with Dr. Itiel Dror on the topic of contextual
bias and experts.
Madrid Error Prints, including Algerian Ouhnane Daoud's
record print, are online here
.
The
US Department of Justice's March 2006 documents
related to the Madrid Error are online at
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0601/PDF_list.htm
(Recommend downloading these files before opening from your
computer).
Among other findings, the 330 page
report criticizes
the FBI Laboratory's Examination SOP, and SWGFAST guidelines, as repetitive,
vague and general.
The five-page conclusion from the report is available here (much smaller file)
.
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" The Myth of Goats
: How many people have fingerprints
that are hard to match?"
by Austin Hicklin, Craig Watson and Brad Ulery
Published as a NIST Interagency Report, NISTIR 7271
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