A preliminary investigation into the acquisition of fingerprints on food

Sarah Ferguson; Lynsey Nicholson; Kevin J. Farrugia; David H. Bremner; Dennis Gentles

doi:10.1016/j.scijus.2012.08.001

A preliminary investigation into the acquisition of fingerprints on food

Sarah Ferguson
, Lynsey Nicholson
, Kevin J. Farrugia
, David H. Bremner
, Dennis Gentles

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Abstract

The potential for enhancement and recovery of latent fingerprints on a variety of foodstuffs has been investigated. In general, black magnetic powder and black powder suspensions appear to be the most successful enhancement techniques with a high number of ridge detail-developed prints over a selected time scale. Banana, apple and tomato surfaces showed enhancement of latent prints but potato and egg surfaces proved to be less successful.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	67-72
Number of pages	6
Journal	Science and Justice
Volume	53
Issue number	1
Early online date	17 Sept 2012
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scijus.2012.08.001
Publication status	Published - Mar 2013

Keywords

Fingerprint
Food
Ageing
Superglue
Powder suspension

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