2.  No two fingerprints the same? T or F ?  10 -12 points are compared to determine a statistical MATCH in the US  Points are called Minutia

4. whorl

5. Double loop

6. Tented arch

7.  Visible in a fetus  Dermal papilla patterns deep under skin  Moisture (oils/sweat) released from pores  Lines are called typica  Lines can END or BIFURCATE

8.  1, 4 and 5: Bifurcation 2, 3, 7, 8, 9 10 and 11: Ridge End 6: Core

11.  Automated Fingerprint Information Systems  Arrange likely candidates by score  Matches are HUMAN identified

12. Bottle print Police print YES - Match

13. Yes-match

14.  APIS since 1996

15.  koala. Koalas have ridges on their fingers which create fingerprints almost identical to those of human beings. Koalas have two thumbs on each hand and they also have claws instead of fingernails. Human beings have ridges over all of their palms, whereas koalas only have ridges over part of their palms.

18.  textiles are very absorbent.

19.  Argentina. In 1892, Juan Vucetich, a police researcher in Argentina, used fingerprints to prove that Francesca Rojas murdered her two children by taking her thumb print and matching it to a bloody thumbprint left behind on a door. When confronted with the evidence, the mother broke down and admitted killing her children because they stood in the way of her marriage to a young lover. She was subsequently convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment

20.  burglary. Henry Jackson was a burglar who placed his hands in wet paint during a robbery, thus leaving behind his fingerprints. Jackson was sentenced to seven years in jail for stealing billiard balls.

21.  murder. Thomas Jennings was convicted of murder after he broke into a house and shot the home-owner during an attempted burglary. He left his prints behind on a freshly painted railing. This was the first American murder trial to admit fingerprint testimony. Although the verdict was appealed, the Appeals Court accepted that the fingerprint evidence was scientifically valid. Jennings was hanged.

27.  - The most common way is leaving fat from the finger on the object. - It is also possible that Amino-acids from the finger leave their marks. - A finger can make a "stamp" in a soft underground like putty. - A mark can be made by a substance on the finger like blood or paint.