NCJ Number
38620
Journal
International Criminal Police Review Issue: 300 Dated: (AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1976) Pages: 194-201
Date Published
1976
Length
8 pages
Annotation
THE DEVELOPMENT AND OPERATIONS OF THE SWEDISH POLICE INFORMATION SYSTEM IS DESCRIBED, WITH EMPHASIS ON THE FINGERPRINT CLASSFICATION AND RETRIEVAL COMPONENT OF THE SYSTEM.
Abstract
DUE TO THE COMPLEXITY OF FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION AND THE PROBLEMS OF SYSTEMATICALLY IDENTIFYING FINGERPRINT FEATURES THIS SYSTEM CONFINES ITSELF TO CLASSIFYING FINGERPRINT PATTERNS ACCORDING TO NINE TYPES: ARCHES, TENTED ARCHES, RADIAL PLAIN LOOPS, ULNAR PLAN LOOPS, SPECIAL LOOPS, CIRCULAR PATTERNS, ELLIPTICAL PATTERNS, COMPOSED PATTERNS, AND AMPUTATIONS OR DESTROYED PATTERNS. AFTER DESCRIBING THE CLASSIFICATION PROCEDURE, A SAMPLE SEARCH OF AN UNIDENTIFIED FINGERPRINT IS OUTLINED. OTHER APPLICATIONS OF THIS INFORMATION SYSTEM ARE BRIEFLY OUTLINED, INCLUDING THE DESCRIPTIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS FILE, THE MODUS OPERANDI/CRIME FILE, AND CASE FILES.