|
|
|
World's
Largest Database
As of May 2012, the Unique
Identification Authority of
India operates the world's
largest fingerprint (multi-modal
biometric) system, with over 200
million fingerprint, face and
iris biometric records.
UIAI plans
to collect as many as 600
million multi-modal record by
the end of 2014. India's
Unique Identification project is
also known as Aadhaar, a word
meaning "the foundation" in
several Indian languages.
Aadhaar is a voluntary program,
with the ambitious goal of
eventually providing reliable
national ID documents for most
of India's 1.2 billion
residents.
With a database
larger than any other in the
world, Aadhaar's ability to
leverage automated fingerprint
and iris technology enables
rapid and reliable searching
and identification impossible
to accomplish with just
fingerprint technology in such
a large system, especially
when searching children and
elderly residents' biometric
records.
Tips,
Tricks and Best Kept
Secrets (Universal
Latent Workstation and
NGI) presented
11 August 2011 by Jeff
Carlyle at the 96th
Annual IAI Conference
.
Latent Print
Development Techniques for
Thermal Paper presented 10 August
2011 by Aldo Mattei and Federico
Cervelli at the 96th
Annual IAI
Conference.
Community
of Fingerprint Experts in Columbia
Get the Latest Version of Universal Latent
Print Workstation (ULW 6.0 plus )... Even if
You Do Not Currently Submit Latent
Print Searches Directly to the
FBI, You Can Use ULW Extended
Feature Set Capabilities to Help
with Casework Documentation of
Level 1, 2 and 3
Information. ULW now
includes casework management
tools.
SWGFAST
Glossary and other Documents
NIST Latent Fingerprint Home
Page
NAS
Report: Strengthening
Forensic Science in the United
States: A Path Forward
Access the 41-page Free
Executive Summary here.
Report Description from
the National
Academies Press:
"Scores of talented and
dedicated people serve the
forensic science community,
performing vitally important work.
However, they are often
constrained by lack of adequate
resources, sound policies, and
national support. It is clear that
change and advancements, both
systematic and scientific, are
needed in a number of forensic
science disciplines to ensure the
reliability of work, establish
enforceable standards, and promote
best practices with consistent
application. Strengthening
Forensic Science in the United
States: A Path Forward
provides a detailed plan for
addressing these needs and
suggests the creation of a new
government entity, the National
Institute of Forensic Science, to
establish and enforce standards
within the forensic science
community.
The benefits of improving and
regulating the forensic science
disciplines are clear: assisting
law enforcement officials,
enhancing homeland security, and
reducing the risk of wrongful
conviction and exoneration. Strengthening
Forensic Science in the United
States gives a full account
of what is needed to advance the
forensic science disciplines,
including upgrading of systems and
organizational structures, better
training, widespread adoption of
uniform and enforceable best
practices, and mandatory
certification and accreditation
programs."
News Release
on the report.
Access
the report here:
Webcast of
18 Feb 2009 NAS briefing.
New
forensic term after 18 Feb 2009
(?):
Nif·ty
[ níftee ]
adjective
(comparative
nif·ti·er,
superlative
nif·ti·est)
Definition:
1. compliant
with National Institute of
Forensic Science requirements.
2.
stylish and good-looking:
fashionable and good-looking
3.
agile: good, quick, and clever
at doing something or using
something
4.
very good: very good or
effective
Click
here to see news articles
on this topic.
Identifying
the Needs of the Forensic
Sciences Community
Interesting documents online
at the National Academies of
Science Committee on Science,
Technology and Law
Presented
by the FBI Laboratory
at the IAI Conference
on 18 August 2008
Right-click
and download before
opening these large
files:
PDF
Slides (2.4 Mb)
PowerPoint
Slides (3.1
Mb)
See new
Standards and
Draft Standards
from
SWGFAST
Position
Paper on Latent
Fingerprint
Identification
from the IAI...
29 Nov
2007, from the International Association
for
Identification.
ACID
YELLOW
Development of
Bloody Latent
Prints on Dark
Surfaces...
27
Jul
2007
IAI
presentation,
courtesy
of
the
US
Army
Criminal
Investigation
Laboratory.
Right-click
here to
download the
large PowerPoint
version of this
presentation,
then open on
your computer.
Right-click here to download the large PDF version
of this
presentation,
then open on
your computer.
Ninhydrin
Development without
expensive or
dangerous
solvents. Research
from Korea...
Major Case Prints DRAFT Card
A new card for
recording all
finger
joints/tips
and thenar
(base of palm)
areas was
drafted by SWGFAST.
See images of
the new card here.
The new card is intended to
facilitate
comprehensive
record finger
and palm
prints (AKA
Major Case
Prints) when
fully
completed with
existing FBI
Fingerprint
Card (Form
FD-249 front
and back
) and
FBI Palmprint
Card (Form
FD-884 front
and back
)
records.
The new card
form number is
expected to be
FD-884A.
MCP standardization
will assist AFIS as
more vendors design
systems for handling
all friction ridge
areas of the hands.
|
The Madrid Error Prints,
including Algerian Ouhnane
Daoud's record print, are
online here
.
The US Department of
Justice's March 2006
documents related to the
Madrid Error are online at
http://www.usdoj.gov/oig/special/s0601/PDF_list.htm
(Recommend
downloading these
files before opening
from your computer).
Among
other findings, the 330
page report criticizes the
FBI Laboratory's
Examination SOP, and
SWGFAST guidelines, as
repetitive, vague and
general.
The five-page conclusion
from the report is
available here
(much
smaller file)
.
|
"
The
Myth of Goats
: How many people have
fingerprints that are hard
to match?"
by Austin Hicklin,
Craig Watson and Brad
Ulery
Published as a NIST
Interagency Report, NISTIR
7271
|
|
|
|
7 Sep 2005 Massachusetts Supreme Court
Oral Arguments
(swf file type)
about Admissibility of
Simultaneous Impressions
RE: Commonwealth v.
Patterson
|
|
|
New Hampshire June 2005
Daubert
Challenge |
|
|
Another Simon Cole Article
about Fingerprint Error
Rates ...Cole
begins by hinting that
fingerprint testimony
is similar to selling
fake insurance
policies
(right-click to
save and open this 94
page pdf document) |
|
|
Is
Fingerprinting a Science?
What is a Daubert Hearing?
What is the correct pronunciation of
Daubert?
Frequently Asked
Questions
Search
this web site
Expert
topics area
General
Information area for Students and
most non-experts
Investigator topics area
|
New Books on AFIS and Biometrics
|
|
Judge Pollak Reverses Himself
The Honorable Louis H. Pollak wrote:
Based on the foregoing considerations, I have
concluded that arrangements which, subject to
careful trial court oversight, are felt to be
sufficiently reliable in England, ought likewise to
be found sufficiently reliable in the federal courts
of the United States, subject to similar measures of
trial court oversight. In short, I have changed my
mind. "Wisdom too often never comes, and so" - as
Justice Frankfurter admonished himself and every
judge - "one ought not to reject it merely because
it comes late." (7 January 2002 Court Decision partially
against fingerprints Court Decision )
PA v. Vikara, Convicted After
Starrs' Testimony
Prof. James Starrs was called as an
expert in the methodology of fingerprint comparison,
but renounced much of his written report during
cross-examination. Hearing was October 22,
2001... Defendant convicted of 1st Degree Murder and
Robbery... sentenced to death. Defendant died
January 10, 2002 in the State Correctional Institute
at Camp Hill, PA.
Critical Author's Opinion Ruled
Junk Science
A New York state judge listened to
testimony by Simon Cole about why he considers the
science of fingerprint identification suspect... and
ruled, ..."Even applying the Federal Court's Daubert
Standard, what Dr. Cole has offered here is 'junk
science"...
( Court Decision ) ( Cole's Testimony )
Notorious Daubert Challenge -
Bin Laden's Terrorist Tried It
After his April 6, 2001 conviction, Ahmed
Ressam was known to most of us as just another
criminal who failed in his bid to exclude
incriminating fingerprint evidence. As Paul Harvey
would say, we now know the rest of the
story...
| A Statement
Regarding Am
eri can News Shows and Articles
about Fingerprint Evidence Credibility in
Court...
|
Expert Topics
General
Information
Investigator
Topics
|
|
