Fingerprints and Other Ridge Skin Impressions

Now a classic reference in the field, this second edition, written by an internationally renowned team of authors, has been fully updated to include the latest advances in forensic fingerprint techniques. It introduces several new topics, including research results from ACE-V studies, new statistical models for fingerprint evidence interpretation, and new approaches and methods for fingermark detection. The book focuses 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 first edition.