Fingerprinting

History

Taking Prints

Classifying Prints

Dusting

People have noticed subtle differences in fingerprint patterns for centuries. The following websites illustrate this history. Browse the sites listed and answer these questions.

What is Dactyloscopy?
Why were fingerprints used in Ancient Babylon?
When and why were fingerprints first used in the United States?
In which country were fingerprints used to identify a woman who murdered her two sons?
Which state in the United States first used fingerprints for criminals?
What famous criminal case made fingerprinting the standard for personal identification?
How many methods are there for taking fingerprints?
How do we classify fingerprints?

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	History of Fingerprints
	Fingerprinting: A Lesson in Classification
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