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     Doede Nicolaas Rijpkema (Doede) Member Username: Doede Post Number: 1 Registered: 05-2009 |
In the Netherlands, where I’m a consultant, there are many asylum seekers from Somalia. A lot of them are rejected, for having damaged there fingers in order to prevent identification. Right now I’m approached by a solicitor, who’s client is accused of damaging his fingers. However, he claims to have worked for a long time on a spinning wheel, and this would be the reason for the poor quality of his fingerprints. I told his solicitor that this was unlikely, that permanent damage would cause scars. I haven’t seen the fingerprints yet, but to be honest, I started to doubt my first answer. I had a case like this before, and in my final report I rejected the conclusion of the civil servant who claimed that the asylum seeker had damaged his fingers. However the prints had a poor quality, I was sure that he did not rub down his fingers with sandpaper or a brick wall. I did not really had an answer what caused the poor quality. The spinning wheel story however makes me wonder, is it possible that this would cause permanent damage in a way of flattening the friction ridges? And if so, how can this be explained in relation to the generating layer? I would be pleased if anyone had an answer on this one. Yours sincerely Doede Rijpkema |
