Fingerprint Analysis

3. A type of minutiae where a ridge abruptly ends
5. Fingerprint pattern in which one or more ridges enter one side, recurve and pass in front of the delta
6. A repository of fingerprints developed by the FBI
8. The centermost part of the print
9. Considered the father of fingerprints
10. Formed by random and differential growth.
13. Also known as ridge features or points
14. Fingerprint pattern where prints enter from one side and flow out of the other side with a rise or wave in center
16. An automated digital scanning system used nationally to capture fingeprints electronically

1. Fingerprint pattern that has a sharp upthrust of ridges in the center of the print
2. Case of false identification where fingerprints were used to determine identity and led to the end of the Bertillon System of ID
4. Fingeprint pattern with two or more delta formations. Some may have multiple pattern types present.
7. Friction ridge skin located on the palmer side of the hands and plantar side of feet
11. A type of minutiae where one ridge splits into two ridges
12. Conducted the first comparison in a criminal case (hospital break-in)
15. Area of a print where two ridges run parallel and diverge, surrounding the pattern