THE SCIENCE
OF FINGERPRINTS
Classification and Uses
INTRODUCTION
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
The Identification Division of the FBI
CHAPTER II
Types of Patterns and Their Interpretation
CHAPTER III
Questionable Patterns
CHAPTER IV
The Classification Formula and Extensions
CHAPTER V
Classification of Scarred Patterns Amputations Missing at Birth
CHAPTER VI
Filing Sequence
CHAPTER VII
Searching and Referencing
CHAPTER VIII
How To Take Inked Fingerprints
CHAPTER IX
Problems in the Taking of Inked Fingerprints
CHAPTER X
Problems and Practices in Fingerprinting the Dead
CHAPTER XI
Establishment of a Local Fingerprint Identification Bureau
CHAPTER XII
Latent Impressions
CHAPTER XIII
Powdering and Lifting Latent Impressions
CHAPTER XIV
Chemical Development of Latent Impressions
CHAPTER XV
The Use of the Fingerprint Camera
CHAPTER XVI
Preparation of Fingerprint Charts for Court Testimony
CHAPTER XVII
Unidentified Latent Fingerprint File
