Project Gutenberg 2006-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 434 United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar) 1895 1972 Hoover, John Edgar The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses Produced by Jason Isbell, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Science of Fingerprints: Classification and Uses" is a scientific publication prepared by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, likely written during the mid-20th century. The booklet is aimed at law enforcement officers and agencies, providing guidance on fingerprint identification, including its classification and comprehensive usage in criminal justice and beyond. It underscores the significance of fingerprinting not only in criminal identification but also in civil matters, portraying its critical role in effective law enforcement. The opening of the work introduces the foundational aspects of fingerprint science, emphasizing the importance of a centralized system for fingerprint identification established by the FBI. It discusses the historical development of fingerprinting and outlines its dual applications: criminal identification and humanitarian uses, such as identifying missing persons. Additionally, it highlights the inherent uniqueness of fingerprints, affirming their reliability compared to older methods of identification. The text sets the stage for subsequent detailed discussions on various types of fingerprint patterns, their classification, and practical applications within law enforcement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Fingerprints HV Text Browsing: Science - General 408671 408674 2024-09-08T10:13:30.301185 2023-09-08T12:01:42.256675 text/html text/html 410339 2006-08-10T08:43:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 7162595 2006-08-10T08:43:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 7635161 2024-09-08T10:13:42.070120 application/epub+zip 7631161 2024-09-08T10:13:33.391177 application/epub+zip 187415 2024-09-08T10:13:31.657190 application/epub+zip 7866938 2024-09-08T10:13:48.008090 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 7810796 2024-09-08T10:13:40.047133 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 325461 2022-09-09T07:11:21.700909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 346197 346097 2024-09-08T10:13:28.407190 2023-09-08T12:01:40.484706 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 346103 2006-08-10T08:43:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 100436 2006-08-10T08:43:12 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 346104 2006-08-10T08:43:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 100419 2006-08-10T08:43:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19924 2024-09-08T10:13:48.185098 application/rdf+xml 23061 2024-09-08T10:13:32.062177 image/jpeg 4780 2024-09-08T10:13:31.860168 image/jpeg 7320502 2024-09-08T10:13:30.873209 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia