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fingerprinting

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fingerprinting

Act of taking an impression of a person's fingerprint. Because each person's fingerprints are unique, fingerprinting is used as a method of identification, especially in police investigations. The standard method of fingerprint classification was developed by Sir Francis Galton and Sir Edward Henry; their system was officially introduced at Scotland Yard in 1901. The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation maintains a fingerprint file on more than 250 million people; fingerprints retrieved from a crime scene may be compared with those on file to identify suspects. DNA analysis, which examines regions of DNA unique to each person, is sometimes called DNA fingerprinting.
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Fingerprinting is the most affordable and at the same time the best way to identity a criminal.
The Use of Fingerprints by Barry Snyder / Law community
Byline: Muhammad Humaidan JEDDAH: In its attempt to speed up the third phase of the fingerprinting project for expatriates, the Passport Directorate is studying the viability of sending more mobile units to locations where large numbers of expatriates work.
More mobile units eyed to ease fingerprinting rush by Arab News (Jeddah, Saudi Arabia)
He said the problems raised about the biometrics were fundamental and meant that compulsory fingerprinting would embed discrimination at the heart of the ID card scheme.
ID card scheme faces new hurdle by guardian.co.uk / guardian.co.uk
 
 
 
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