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 this course, the student will be able to:

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

S (C, N)