LawTech Custom Publishing HomepageTitles By CategoryCriminal Investigation PublicationsForensics PublicationsHomeland Security PublicationsReport Writing & Interviewing PublicationsTraffic Operations & InvestigationsSpecial TopicsCSI KitsLawTech Custom Publishing CatalogInstructor Review CopyLawTech Textbook OrdersSpeakers BureauRelated LinksNews & AnnouncementsAuthor InformationAbout LawTech Custom PublishingContact LawTech Custom PublishingLogin or Register

Email Newsletter icon, E-mail Newsletter icon, Email List icon, E-mail List icon
Join our Email Mailing List

 

Viewing some items on this site requires Adobe Reader, which can be downloaded for free by clicking below:

LawTech Custom Publishing

Fingerprint & Impression AnalysisFINGERPRINT & IMPRESSION ANALYSIS
©2005 Softcover 145 pp. (8 1/2" x 11")
ISBN: 978-1-889315-95-9
List $58

Click here for a printable PDF document containing
the information for this publication.

Description
This manual is the companion workbook for the LawTech Custom Fingerprint & Impression Identification (I.D.) Lab Kit. The I.D. Lab Kit and Workbook together provide a new classroom training agenda of evidence collection, examination and interpretation with a concentration on Criminalistics and an introduction to forensic analysis. Learning is initiated through the presentation of instructor lectures using specialized training aids and actual criminal case histories. Linked with this instruction is the hands-on or operational phase, where students must complete a number of assignments using the I.D. Kit. During these labs, students utilize their inventory of equipment and supplies while conducting the assignments.

This workbook is appropriate for criminal justice, criminal investigation, and homeland security programs. It is also suited for programs in emergency management, corporate security, psychology, emergency medical services and healthcare, police academy programs, and continuing professional development.
Contents
Assignment 1  Fingerprint Blow Up: Fingerprint exemplar recording and observation assignments
Assignment 2  Inked Fingerprint Comparison: Identification strategies and skillibuilding exercises
Assignment 3  PRINTSCORE: Finger and palm print exercise instructions PRINTSCORE: Finger and palm print exercise instructions
Assignment 4  PRINTSCORE: Finger and palm print assignments assignments assignments
Assignment 5  Latent Print Development with MagneticPowder: Detection, collection, preservation and documentation
Assignment 6  Latent Print Processing with Ninhdrin: Development of bank robbery denand notes and porous surfaces
Assignment 7  Cyanoacrylate Fuming: Major case evidence pretreatment, detection and preservation
Assignment 8  3-D Footwear Recovery
Assignment 9  The Mock Crime Scene: Evidence recovery and introduction to crime scene reconstruction

Sample Chapter
Click here for a sample chapter from this publication.

Author(s)
Marty Ludas,  BS: Marty Ludas retired after thirty years of consecutive service working as a forensic examiner with three different law enforcement agencies. He received his initial fingerprint instruction during his employment with the FBI’s Identification Division in 1972. Later, while assigned as a special agent in the North Carolina State Bureau of Identification Latent Print Section, he completed an apprentice training program in crime scene investigation and latent fingerprint and footwear examination.

Related Publications
   
Supplemental Materials
Supplemental Material
  • Fingerprint & Impression I.D. Lab Kit (Item # LTC60-FPKIT)
  • PowerPoint presentations for each chapter.