Fingerprinting
Detectives arrived on the scene after complaints of screaming heard by a neighbor down the street. Besides the blood painted walls and drenched sheets, there lay a lump of human parts on the bed. What they found was the body of a prostitute that had been bound and beheaded with her liver placed between her lacerated legs. Recognized to be human only by the eyes that were missing from her skull, she had fallen victim to a psychotic eradicator. Jack the Ripper, known as one of the most historically significant serial killers of all time, left his victims' bodies most unidentifiable, but not the latent fingerprints he left behind that later convicted him. Forensic science used in criminal justice has recently been revolutionized with new DNA technology, but fingerprinting is still the most valid and effective form of identification used in law enforcement today. Going back in the time of ancient Babylon, fingerprints and ridge patterns were used on clay tablets for business transactions and governmental procedures. By the 14th century, the fact that no two prints were alike was becoming more noticeable, thus the history of the fingerprint began (Von Minden 1). Noting the ridges, spirals, and loops in fingerprints, Marcello Malp
It wasn't until 1856 that Englishman and Chief Magistrate, Sir William Hershel, used fingerprints on native documents. Doing so was "...to frighten [him] out of all the thought of repudiating his signature." After gathering many prints, Hershel took notice to the fact that all the prints were unique and could prove identity from all those he made transactions with (Von Minden 2). Radial loops, plain arches, and whorls are the three basic fingerprint patterns in FCIC Classification. There are four different types of whorls: plain whorls, central pocket whorls, double loop whorls, and accidental whorls, two different kinda of loops: radial and ulnar, and two types of arches: tented and plain. The two main types of classification that are used internationally, are the Henry Classification and the NCIC Classification systems. The NCIC Classification is much easier to comprehend, therefore more widely used, especially in criminal cases. The Henry Classification is mainly used for the manual filing of fingerprint cards.
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