Open AccessApplication of a Standard Procedure to Avoid Errors When Comparing Fingerprints with Their Reversals in Fake Documents
Author(s) -
Carlos Magno Alves Girelli
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of forensic science and medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.132
H-Index - 6
eISSN - 2455-0094
pISSN - 2349-5014
DOI - 10.4103/2349-5014.162807
Subject(s) - fingerprint (computing) , computer science , simple (philosophy) , data mining , information retrieval , pattern recognition (psychology) , artificial intelligence , philosophy , epistemology
Laterally reversed (mirrored) fingerprints are difficult to detect by applying routine search procedures. One suggestion to avoid errors when dealing with probable reversals is to perform comparisons with both direct and reversed fingerprints. This simple procedure has been applied and led to the detection of two more cases of reversed fingerprint usage in fake documents. In one of the reported cases, experts found on the web the same fingerprints used by criminals in fake documents. This finding is important because it indicates that matched fingerprints do not necessarily link different criminal cases