FREQUENCY OF DISTRIBUTION OF CRIME SCENE LATENT PRINTS

• NCJ Number: 31975
• Journal: Journal of Police Science and Administration Volume: 3 Issue: 3 Dated: (SEPTEMBER 1975) Pages: 292-293
• Author(s): A J BROOKS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 2 pages
• Corporate Author: Northwestern University
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

A STUDY OF 3,350 FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATIONS FROM THE FILES OF THE CRIMINALISTICS DIVISION OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS UNDERTAKEN TO DETERMINE THE PRINT AREAS MOST FREQUENTLY RESULTING IN IDENTIFIABLE PRINTS.

Abstract

THE RESULTS SHOWED THAT THE RIGHT HAND AND LEFT HAND ACCOUNT FOR A NEARLY EQUAL NUMBER OF CRIME SCENE IDENTIFICATIONS. AS FAR AS THE FREQUENCY OF INDIVIDUAL LATENT PRINTS, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE FREQUENCY ORDER WAS THUMB, MIDDLE, AND INDEX; PRINTS FROM THE RING FINGER WERE FOUND TO APPEAR MORE FREQUENTLY THAN WAS PREVIOUSLY THOUGHT.