Fingerprinting
You have probably
heard that everyone has
different fingerprints.
But there are certain
patterns that fingerprints
display. The fingerprints
are divided up into 3
basic types, and then
one type has a couple of
different categories. The
first thing we will learn
is to identify the
different types of
fingerprints. Then we
will learn to create
fingerprint impressions.
Ridges start from both
We will then identify Ridges start from one side. and
sides and rise smoothly
our fingerprint types. return to the same side. Look
in the center.
Then we will take for a river that apears to be
Think of it as a Road
different fingerprints flowing into a lake formation.
Test. Can you ride your
taken from a crime
bicycle across the hill
scene and see if we can
without getting a flat tire
identify any of the
from a puncture?
suspect’s fingerprints as
being at the crime scene.
The 3 basic types of
fingerprints are whorl,
loop, and arch. The arch
is further broken up into
plain arch and tented
arch. The next few
diagrams are examples
of these types as well as
instructions on how to
recognize them. These
are all blown up larger
than real life so that you
can see the differences.
Ridges rise in the center,
Ridges appear to circle, spin,
pointing upward or
whorl, or spiral. Look for a
forming a triangle.
target in the center of the
Look for a camping tent
pattern
in the center of pattern.
They come in three
basic kinds, though:
loops having one delta having two deltae; and arches, having none. A
(see below); whorls, delta looks something
like this:
| |
/ \
/ /\ \
and is basically three sets of ridges meeting each other.
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This gives you the first level of identification based on deltas
This is the level that is used to classify a person’s fingerprints called the Henry
classification. It goes by whorls:
For a whorl on your right index, give yourself 16.
Right ring: 8
Left thumb: 4
Left middle: 2
Left pinky: 1
Add one, and you have your top number, a maximum of 32.
Right thumb: 16
Right middle: 8
Right little: 4
Left index: 2
Left ring: 1
Add one for your bottom number.
So if you have all whorls, you get a 32/32.
If you have, say, a loop, on your left little, but all other whorls, you get 31/32, and so on.
The next level is to look at the finer structure. Here you will see
bifurcations: _/ \__
__ Islands (short ridges): \__/
_/ ___
\__ _/ _ \__ Bridges:
\___/
Double bifurcations: ______
__ Ridge endings: __/____
_/ __ __
\___/ _/ \__ Spurs:
\__ ___
_ __ ______
Trifurcations: \__/ \
__ ____/__
_/__ Eyes (enclosures):
\__ __
And last, but also least,
dots. _______
___.____
This is usually the level the police use to make the identifications of whether a fingerprint
left at the scene of the crime was made by a certain person or not.
Then there is the third level.
At this level, you can see the pore structure as well as irregularities in the ridge edges.
This makes identification much easier, but is rarely possible.
