This course is for criminal justice personnel, officers, and laboratory technicians who work with fingerprints and is designed for beginners. No experience is necessary. The objective is to train the student in fingerprint pattern recognition and to compare and identify fingerprints. Instruction on the history of fingerprints, basic physiology of friction ridge formation, the taking of inked fingerprints, basic tools/ methodology used in fingerprint comparison, and basic courtroom testimony dealing with enhanced punishment (pen packet testimony) is included. Note: This course does not include work with latent prints.

YOU WILL LEARN:

Introduction to Fingerprints
Fingerprint History
Fingerprint Physiology
Fingerprint Definitions
Fingerprint Pattern Identification
Fingerprint Pattern Interpretation
Fingerprint Pattern Comparison
Recording Inked Fingerprint Impressions
Courtroom Testimony and Demeanor for Fingerprint Evidence
Introduction to AFIS