Week+3+Contact+Traces+Fingerprints

=**Weekly Content**= The second trace element we will learn about are fingerprints. No two people have the same fingerprint so they are a key feature identifying feature in forensic science. We will learn how fingerprints are made, and how to categorize the patterns of fingerprints to make an accurate identification of who they belong to.



=Practical= This week we will learn how to identify and categorize our own fingerprint characteristics. We will also learn how to use how to use a professional kit to develop latent fingerprints.

=Reading and Other Media= Find out more about the history of fingerprinting and how it helps to solve crimes []

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=Homework= 1. Finish the questions from both the //Identifying Fingerprints// and //Identifying Fingerprint Ridge Characteristics// worksheets. 2. Write a short description of a criminal case in which fingerprints played an instrumental in the forensic evidence. 3. Complete the questions from the //Looking at Fingerprints// practical (above).

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