Study of fingerprints in Argentina population for application in personal identification

The fingerprints of the Buenos Aires and Chubut provinces in Argentina have been studied, with the aim of knowing and quantifying the variability of these features, which are used in the identification process. The data studied for this research was obtained from 330 individuals, of both sexes, from two Argentinian population samples (170 individuals from Buenos Aires and 160 from Chubut), which amounts to a total of 3300 fingerprints. The different types of minutiae were located, identified, and visually quantified in four areas on the fingerprint.

Source: Science and Justice - February 23, 2017 Category: Forensic Medicine Authors: Noem í Rivaldería, Esperanza Gutiérrez-Redomero, Concepción Alonso-Rodríguez, José E. Dipierri, Luis M. Martín Source Type: research