Police have used fingerprint evidence to catch and convict criminals for more than 100 years. It's a commonly used technique in Australia: more than 10,000 fingerprint matches were made in Victoria ...

In a controlled study, fingerprint examiners who determined that a crime scene-quality print matched a high-quality sample from the same individual were correct 99.8% of the time. Investigators ...

Americans have spent generations watching detectives in dark trenchcoats pore over complex crime scenes in movies and on television. They examine the room, snap photos and break out the familiar blue ...

MOBILE, Alabama (WALA) — It was May 2, 2011, when 62-year-old William Willett suffered a fatal blast from a shotgun during a carjacking on Duval Street. Mobile police found Willett’s Toyota Corolla a ...

The National Police Agency announced on the 24th that a total of 299 participants from 58 countries took part in the 2nd International Fingerprint Examination Competition (IFEC), which was co-hosted ...