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fingerprinting in the western world
in 1892 Juan Vucetich created the first way to track fingerprints. -
exemplar
exemplar fingerprints were discovered when used by crime investigators to identify people -
fingerprinting commonplace in the united states
in 1902 fingerprinting was used a lot more often even become common when getting arrested. -
after 1903
after 1903 fingerprinting was used to identify inmates all the time. -
the west case
the reason why fingerprinting is used in crime is because it is perfect identification of someone. -
west case pt. 2
This is a infamous moment in history because two people who were in the same prison but at different times couldn't be identified properly because they looked the same and had the same name so they decided to use fingerprints to identify someone easily -
latent fingerprints
in the 1930 in the united states crime investigators found the existence of latent fingerprints which is the fingerprints left on glass or fabrics -
delray beach police
in 1998 the delray beach police used fingerprinting to help them solve the case by keeping a sample of it from the crime scene and matching it by getting the mans application he touched -
A 30 year old murder case solved
in 1978 a crime happened where a man was stabbed and died the case was closed for 30 years until it was reopened in 2008 and was solved by using latent fingerprints. -
2020 fingerprinting
in 2020 fingerprinting is at it's peak and the FBI has 70 million fingerprints on file from convicts to terrorists.
