A review on fingerprint as an identification tool in the discipline of forensics

Abstract

The unique and reliable method for identifying someone in the forensic field from decades has been fingerprints. The science of fingerprint recognition has advanced over the time. Initially finger prints were used to record business transactions and has progressed to its present utilization in biometric security systems and even as authentic evidence in courts proceedings across the globe. Dactylography, another name for the study of fingerprints, or dermatoglyphics has long been acknowledged as a reliable method for identifying people, in forensic investigations especially. Because they are detailed, distinctive, difficult to alter, and durable across a person's lifetime, human fingerprints are suitable as permanent markers of human identification. Authorities like the police can simply utilize fingerprints to locate those who are trying to hide their identity or to locate the deceased or incompetent, such after a natural calamity, for instance.