Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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96607 | Forensic Science International | 2011 | 11 Pages |
Abstract
Fingermarks formed in or by blood often require specific development techniques. This review examines techniques and materials that may be used to enhance and record fingermarks deposited in blood or fingermarks generated by blood-contaminated papillary ridges. A large number of techniques are presented here and are discussed from a chemical as well as practical perspective. It is concluded that an optimized sequence of techniques targeting both latent (non-bloody) and bloody fingermarks must be applied to detect and enhance the maximum number of marks, and therefore optimize the information content from exhibits that may bear marks in blood.
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Authors
Lydia C.A.M. Bossers, Claude Roux, Michael Bell, Andrew M. McDonagh,