Table of Contents

Introduction to Fingerprints
Introduction
History
Physiology and Embryology
Fingerprint Patterns and Classification
Known Fingerprints
Nature of Latent Fingerprints
Biometrics: Livescan and AFIS
Fingerprint Processing
Introduction to Processing Methods
Forensic Light Sources
Physical Processing Methods
Chemical Processing Methods: Porous Substrates
Chemical Processing Methods: Nonporous Substrates
Chemical Processing Methods: Other Substrates and Matrices
Fingerprint Analysis
Documentation
Crime Scene Processing
Fingerprint Comparisons
Palm Print Comparisons
Courtroom Testimony
Appendix A: Sequential Processing
Appendix B: Latent Print Reagent Formulations and Processes
Appendix C: Expert Witness Testimony of Sebastian F. Latona, FBI Latent Fingerprint Examiner
Index

About the Author

Hillary Moses Daluz is a senior latent print technician with American Systems. Her work involves analyzing evidence from improvised explosive devices at a forensics laboratory in the Washington, D.C. area. Ms. Daluz has worked in a diversity of forensics positions including as a police identification specialist with the City of Hayward Police Department in California and a forensic specialist with Forensic Identification Services. After earning her master of science in forensic science from the University of California, Davis, she deployed to the Joint Expeditionary Forensic Facility at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, as a latent print examiner. Following her return stateside, she became a member of the faculty in the Forensic Sciences program at Chaminade University of Honolulu. Hillary Daluz is a member of the International Association for Identification, the Chesapeake Bay Division of the International Association for Identification, the California State Division of the International Association for Identification, and the California Association of Criminalists