This article tells the AFIS story -- where it started and what it does -- while the second part, appearing in the February issue, will examine the need to share data among agencies and vendors, the ...

The detection and use of latent fingerprints have been part of the bedrock of forensic science since the 19 th century. Image Credit: Prath/Shutterstock.com In terms of forensic science, there are ...

Los Angeles police officials said Tuesday that the number of cases with unanalyzed fingerprint evidence has more than doubled in the last two years, hampering efforts to solve thousands of burglaries, ...

The first big case involving fingerprint evidence in the United States was the murder trial of Thomas Jennings in Chicago in 1911. Jennings had broken into a home in the middle of the night and, when ...

Fingerprinting is one of the mainstays of forensic science, but despite what we see on TV and in movies, analyzing and matching latent prints is a difficult business and still the province of experts.

The NYPD's latent print unit, which analyses more than a million fingerprints a year, has been awarded the coveted accreditation of a key international forensics organization, an announcement met with ...

Law enforcement officers in Oklahoma now have new ways to catch criminals. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation introduced cutting-edge technology that will allow investigators to detect ...

A revelation that the NYPD failed to disclose a serious error eight years ago by a leading detective in its high-profile fingerprint lab has led to calls for a top-to ...

As a forensic chemist, I was fascinated by “Covering Up For A Clear View,” on using graphene to reveal the structure of water on a surface (C&EN, Sept. 6, page 11). The most common and abundant ...

SIRCHIE's Latent Print Field Kits offer a combination of many of the most widely used latent print development products available. The products in these kits are of the highest quality and are ...