T03: Fingerprints, Handwriting and Counterfeiting

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The father of modern fingerprinting: Khajeh Hamadani, Henry Faulds, Alphonse Bertillion

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Henry Faulds

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The use of fingerprints for identification is as old as ancient Babylon (1792 - 1750 BC).

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True

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A sample of a suspect's handwriting is called an ________________________

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exemplar

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Ms.La does not place much faith in graphology.

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True

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Do fingerprints form from pressure on a baby's tiny, developing fingers in the womb during the last trimester?

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True

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A good fingerprint will typically contain 100-150 minutiae.

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False

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There have been cases where two people have the same exact fingerprints

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False

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When analyzing fingerprints, investigators try to match what number of minutiae?

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10-15 minutiae

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You leave fingerprints on glasses, tables and almost everything else that you touch because of sweat. True or False?

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True

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The most common fingerprint pattern is the _________

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