Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis av David R. (Ridgeology Consulting Services British Columbia Canada) Ashbaugh

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A thumb print left at the scene of a grisly murder. Fingerprints taken from a getaway car used in a bank robbery. A palm print recovered from the shattered glass door of a burglarized home. Indeed, where crimes are committed, careless perpetrators will invariably leave behind the critical pieces of evidence¿most likely in the form of fingerprints¿needed to catch and convict them. But the science of fingerprint identification isn¿t always as cut and dry as detective novels and movies make it out to be. <p><b>Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis</b>, a new book in the ongoing Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations series, examines the latest methods and techniques in the science of friction ridge identification, or ridgeology. David R. Ashbaugh examines every facet of the discipline, from the history of friction ridge identification and its earliest pioneers and researchers, to the scientific basis and the various steps of the identification process. <p>The