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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 (
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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. From top left to bottom right: loop, double loop, central pocket...
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Fingerprint document.
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Magnification
Magnifying glass magnifying a fingerprint.
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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.
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Collecting fingerprints
Police officer collecting fingerprints.
© Ministère de l'intérieur-DICOM, France
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