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Application of a Standard Procedure to Avoid Errors When Comparing Fingerprints with Their Reversals in Fake Documents

Author(s) -

CarlosMagno 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) , information retrieval , data mining , 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

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