A fingerprint is an impression of the friction ridges of all or any part of the finger. A
friction ridge is a raised portion of the epidermis on the palmar or plantar
skin, consisting of one or more connected ridge units of friction ridge
skin. These ridges are sometimes known as "dermal ridges" or "dermal
papillae".
Many private investigators have prior experience in law enforcement and in
conducting crime scene investigations. If you have a need to check for
finger prints or to have prints analyzed, contact a private investigation agency
in your area. To hire a private investigator that specializes in providing fingerprinting services, please visit our
Private Investigator Directory. Also, you may wish to post a message in our
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Following are resources for
fingerprinting, fingerprinting products and systems, and other forensic
resources:
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Cogent Systems Inc. |
The world's leading supplier of integrated system solutions using biometrics
for both government and commercial customers. |
| East Shore Technologies |
Automated fingerprint identification systems |
| FBI Fingerprint Overview |
A fingerprint identification overview from the FBI. |
| FBI Fingerprint ID
Request |
An FBI Identification Record, often referred to as a Criminal History Record or Rap Sheet, is a
listing of certain information taken from fingerprint submissions
retained by the FBI in connection with arrests and, in some instances,
federal employment, naturalization, or military service. If the
fingerprints are related to an arrest, the Identification Record
includes name of the agency that submitted the fingerprints to the FBI,
the date of arrest, the arrest charge, and the disposition of the
arrest, if known to the FBI. All
arrest data included in an
Identification Record is obtained from fingerprint submissions,
disposition reports and other reports submitted by agencies having
criminal justice responsibilities. |
|
Finger Printing
Books |
Learn how to "lift" finger prints from crime scenes, how to take prints for
forensic analysis, and the supplies and materials necessary to take samples
yourself. |
|
Fingerprinting Supplies |
Various finger printing supplies including: ink pads, finger pads for roll
printing, storage cases, and more. |
| Fingerprinting.com |
Fingerprinting.com, the
website where you can learn everything about fingerprinting, its
history, and its present day use. Fingerprinting.com contains
informative and useful articles on the subjects of Human Fingerprinting,
DNA Fingerprinting, Fingerprinting Services, and Fingerprinting
Products. |
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Fingerprinting Books, Articles, and News
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Project Gutenberg: The Science of Fingerprints EBook |
Project Gutenberg provides an
EBook of the official FBI manual on fingerprinting, Science of
Fingerprints: Classification and Uses. |
| Galton.org: Francis
Galton and Fingerprints |
Sir Francis Galton's books, papers, articles, letters, interviews, and
other published matter on the subject of fingerprints. |
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Carnegie Mellon: Scalable Document Fingerprinting |
Presents a system for document comparison based on textual similarity
for related document searches and copyright/plagiarism protection. |
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National Science Foundation: From Fingerprints to Fiberprints |
Fingerprints left on a piece of research equipment sprouted nanofibers
when they interacted with cyanoacrylate glue. |
U.S. Government
Fingerprinting Resources
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Argonne National Laboratory: Human Clone Fingerprints |
If you were to clone a human, would the fingerprints of the clone and
original human be the same? |
| The Biometrics Consortium |
Sponsored by the US government, this consortium organizes a yearly
biometrics conference. Website contains info about past conferences and
current government and standards activity |
| FBI.gov: Taking
Legible Fingerprints |
Information on the nature of fingerprints and an outline on the
techniques for taking legible fingerprints. |
|
Human Genome Program: DNA Forensics |
How forensic identification works, understanding its accuracies, its
interesting uses, and databases such as CODIS |
| U.S. Federal Government:
Biometrics.gov |
Includes biometrics reference room, recommended biometric standards, and
Subcommittee on Biometrics and Identity Management info. |
|
National Institute of Standards and Technology: Matching Up Fingerprints |
Includes NIST fingerprint interactive "Solving Crimes, Improving
Security" and suspect fingerprint matching game. |
| U.S. Department of Defense:
Biometrics Task Force |
Government organization dedicated to protecting the nation through the
employment of biometric technologies and capabilities. |
|
U.S. Marshals: Fingerprint Information |
United States Marshals website asks what type of fingerprints do you
have and why fingerprint identification? |
State
Fingerprinting Resources
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| West Virginia:
Biometrics |
Companies, government agencies, and universities in the biometrics
market. |
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California: Fingerprint Submissions |
California Fingerprinting |
| Colorado:
Educator Fingerprinting |
Colorado Fingerprinting |
| Florida:
Fingerprinting Application Site |
Florida Fingerprinting |
| Illinois: Criminal History Information |
Illinois Fingerprinting |
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Kansas: Fingerprint-Based Record Check |
Kansas Fingerprinting |
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Maryland: Background Checks |
Maryland Fingerprinting |
| Ohio:
Fingerprint Submission |
Ohio Fingerprinting |
| Texas: Educator
Fingerprinting |
Texas Fingerprinting |
| Wyoming:
Criminal History Checks |
Wyoming Fingerprinting |
