Fundamentals of Fingerprint Analysis

An essential learning tool for classes in fingerprinting and impression evidence, this textbook and companion workbook takes students from understanding historical background to seeing how it plays out in a present-day courtroom. It explains the chemistry of latents, proper protocols for documentation and photography, and all known techniques and methodologies for interpretation and analysis. Highlighting the ACE-V methodology (Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation – Verification), the book discusses how many points are needed for identification, examines statistics and current research, and discusses courtroom testimony and admissibility

Hillary Moses Daluz is a senior latent print technician with American Systems. Her work involves analyzing evidence from improvised explosive devices at a forensics laboratory in the Washington, D.C. area. Ms. Daluz has worked in a diversity of forensics positions including as a police identification specialist with the City of Hayward Police Department in California and a forensic specialist with Forensic Identification Services. After earning her master of science in forensic science from the University of California, Davis, she deployed to the Joint Expeditionary Forensic Facility at Camp Victory in Baghdad, Iraq, as a latent print examiner. Following her return stateside, she became a member of the faculty in the Forensic Sciences program at Chaminade University of Honolulu. Hillary Daluz is a member of the International Association for Identification, the Chesapeake Bay Division of the International Association for Identification, the California State Division of the International Association for Identification, and the California Association of Criminalists