Catching Criminals: The Importance of Prints

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When it comes to a crime, criminals are able to cover up many types of evidence. One piece of evidence that is almost impossible to cover up is prints. Because of the difficulty behind covering prints, they are the most important part of solving a crime. The types of prints range from Fingerprints to palm prints and even lip prints can be used to solve a crime. Prints are the most important piece of evidence because prints are left everywhere anyone touches, they are not easily covered up, all prints are unique, and because many parts of your body produce prints without you even trying. When talking about the importance of prints it is vital to notice that prints serve many roles and for the most part the average person doesn’t know any more about prints than what they have seen on CSI or other television shows. With enough research it is found that prints are more complex, interesting, and unique than might be thought.
My research topic is very important because people don’t realize that without prints crimes would be much harder to solve. Without prints there would be no evidence at a crime scene that lasts long enough without disappearing. What people need to realize is that there is more to prints than just fingerprints and that there is more involved when collecting and processing them than what is shown on television. When dealing with prints it is important to understand that prints are very fragile and can easily be obstructed during the removal process. Removing a print is more complicated then it seems because of how careful you have to be and the fact that you only really get one shot when doing so. Prints are one of a kind so no two people can have the same prints. This just increases the importance of prints so that ...

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...commit a crime, because prints are going to leave you behind bars and a very unhappy person.

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Bond, J. W. (2009). The value of fingerprint evidence in detecting crime. International Journal Of Police Science & Management, 11(1), 77-84. doi:10.1350/ijps.2009.11.1.111

Dineshshankar, J., Ganapathi, N., Yoithapprabhunath, T., Maheswaran, T., Kumar, M., & Aravindhan, R. (2013). Lip prints: Role in forensic odontology. Journal Of Pharmacy & Bioallied Sciences, 5S95-S97. doi:10.4103/0975-7406.113305

Singh, H., Chhikara, P., & Singroha, R. (2011). LIP PRINTS AS EVIDENCE. Journal Of Punjab Academy Of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, 11(1), 23-25.

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Zhou, Y., Zeng, Y., Lizhen, & Hu, W. (2002). Application and development of palm print research. Technology & Health Care, 10(5), 383.

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