IN 200 - Fingerprint Technology

Credit Hours: 3

This course is designed to familiarize students with the visualization, detection, development and recording of fingerprint impressions. Concentration on the use of fingerprints for personal identification, as well as their use in criminal investigations will be taught. This course will provide students with the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with a variety of accepted methods and techniques for processing latent fingerprints, including dusting, chemical development and the use of alternative light sources (including a black light and security laminated verifies). Additionally, the course will supply students with the necessary fundamentals to pursue advanced courses in forensic science.

Course Outcomes
Upon completion of the course, the student will:

demonstrate an understanding of the role of the criminal investigator at a crime scene;
demonstrate an understanding of history of fingerprints, identification of fingerprint patterns, and classification of fingerprints;
demonstrate the location of fingerprints, processing, photographing and preservation of prints;
demonstrate the ability of make a comparison of fingerprints left at a crime scene to those of a suspect

S (C, N)