The Science of Fingerprints: Classification & Uses

Washington, D. C: United States Department of Jusice - Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1971 WYSIWYG pricing--no added shipping charge for standard shipping within USA. Side-stapled in printed card covers, v, 197 pp, 432 figures including photos, line drawings and hundreds of fingerprints. Lightly rubbed with a few spots. A technical manual on the use of fingerprints for identification by law enforcement. Hoover says in the indtroduction, "The background and history of the science of fingerprints constitute an eloquent drama of human lives, of good and of evil. Nothing, I think, has played a part more exciting than that enacted by the fascinating loops, whorls, and arches etched on the fingers of a human being." Contents: the Identification Division of the FBI; types of patterns & their interpretation; questionable patterns; classification formula & extensions; classification of scarred & missing patterns; filing sequence; searching & referencing; how to take inked fingerprints; problems in the taking of inked fingerprints; problems & practices in fingerprinting the dead; establishment of a local fingerprint identification bureau; latent impressions; powdering & lifting latent impressions; chemical development of latent impressions; use of the fingerprint camera; preparation of fingerprint charts for court testimony; unidentified latent fingerprint file. Shipping weight 1 lb.. Soft Cover. VG/No dj. 23 X 14½ cm.