Across
- 2. Fingerprint identification is based primarily on the _______, or the location and direction of the ridge endings and bifurcations (splits) along a ridge path.
- 4. What is the name of the characteristics/points in which fingerprints can be identified?
- 6. In what year did the FBI fund the development of fingerprint scanners? (Write year out fully)
- 9. What was the name of the man that defined some of the points or characteristics from which fingerprints can be identified?
- 10. Approximately how long have fingerprints been used as a source of identification?
Down
- 1. __________do not always flow continuously throughout a pattern and often result in specific characteristics such as ending ridges, dividing ridges and dots, or other information.
- 3. If a fingerprint match is made, who is the information given to next?
- 5. What material is used most commonly to lift latent fingerprints?
- 7. What is the abbreviation for the FBI's Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System?
- 8. What does the word 'latent' mean, as mentioned in the video?The