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The benefit of AFIS searches of lateral palm and non-distal phalanges prints in criminal investigation

  • Ido Hefetz
  • , Yakir Liptz
  • , Keren Oz
  • Israel Police

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Abstract

The ongoing upgrade of AFIS worldwide resulted in new achievements in the domain of fingerprint identification. Two cases are presented which depict the importance of collecting and employing a broader search in AFIS to include lateral palm prints and non-distal phalanges prints.

Original languageEnglish
Article number111024
JournalForensic Science International
Volume328
DOIs
StatePublished - Nov 2021
Externally publishedYes

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Keywords

  • AFIS
  • Friction ridge skin
  • Lateral palm print
  • Non-distal phalanges

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