ch 6 Forensic Sci: Fingerprints

IAFIS is the

• FBI fingerprint database

• CIA DNA database

• International union of forensic scientists

• national child database

Fingerprints that are not visible to the naked eye are called ______

• patent

• latent

• plastic

• minutiae

The least common type of fingerprints are

• whorls

• arches

• loops

The most common fingerprint pattern

• Loop

• Arches

• Whorl

• Twirl

What fingerprint pattern is this?​

• Loop

• Plain Whorl

• Central Pocket Whorl

• Plain Arch

• Tented Arch

Check the 3 types of general fingerprint patterns

• Arches

• Whorls

• Loops

• Minutiae

Identify feature at Location 3

• fork

• core

• bridge

• island

What are the red triangles?

• deltas

• useless

• forks

• loops

Ridge Count: how many lines are there in between the delta and the core?

This is an example of what type of fingerprint

• central pocket whorl

• arch

• plain whorl

• double loop whorl