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April 24, 2021 Here is a presentation I gave to the International Association of Scientists and Researchers titled "Friction Ridge Analysis, a Return to Science" Friction Ridge Analysis, A Return to Science This will provide insight into a more scientific [...]

Published June 10, 2019   One of the many shortcomings of the forensic identification community is the fact that it appears only positive identifications are rewarded by management and the agencies they represent. In fact, I’ve never come across an [...]

Published on August 9, 2019   Fingerprint annotations, sometimes called markups, have become very important in fingerprint analysis. The days when examiners peered into a fingerprint loupe and used picks or made mental notes on what they observed before comparing [...]

Published on September 20, 2017   Live scan devices are machines that scan the fingerprints and palm prints of a person and then, in most cases, they forward the processed images to an Automated Fingerprint / Palm print Identification System [...]

Published on October 31, 2017   For the most part, fingerprint capture systems attempt to emulate the same mechanical process that was used at the turn of the century – the twentieth century. The process is extremely mechanical in nature [...]

Published on February 23, 2018 The topic of friction ridge sufficiency can be a very complex subject. Sufficiency has several applications within friction ridge science. For example, sufficiency for identification, sufficiency for elimination, sufficiency for AFIS searching and for saving [...]