The Admissibility of Fingerprints as Scientific Evidence in Courts of Law

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Pruitt, John W. Jr.

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Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas (LEMIT)

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Fingerprints have become an accepted method of personal identification. It is important that latent print examiners continue to increase their knowledge of the history, morphological structure and scientific use as evidence.

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Fingerprints, criminal evidence

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