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A real-life forensic technique: Aging fingerprints
Magnification Taking fingerprints Federal Bureau of Investigation: fingerprinting expert Collecting fingerprints
The science of fingerprint analysis in crime solving
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A real-life forensic technique: Aging fingerprints
Learn about research into determining not only by whom but when fingerprints were...
Video: © American Chemical Society (A Britannica Publishing Partner)
The science of fingerprint analysis in crime solving
Overview of fingerprinting and its use by law enforcement.
Video: Contunico © ZDF Studios GmbH, Mainz

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fingerprint patterns
Fingerprint patterns. From top left to bottom right: loop, double loop, central pocket...
Courtesy of the Federal Bureau of Investigation
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Fingerprint document.
© Stockbyte/Thinkstock
Magnification
Magnifying glass magnifying a fingerprint.
© Vitaly M/Shutterstock.com
Taking fingerprints
Police creating a record of an individual's fingerprints.
© Ministère de l'intérieur-DICOM, France
Federal Bureau of Investigation: fingerprinting expert
FBI fingerprinting expert at work, 1940.
FBI
Collecting fingerprints
Police officer collecting fingerprints.
© Ministère de l'intérieur-DICOM, France
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