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Three Types Of Fingerprint Patterns To Identify Criminals

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By the late 1800s there were two systems being used to identify criminals and fingerprints were collected as evidence in crimes. Alphonse Bertillon was an assistant clerk in the records office at the police station in Paris created a way to identify criminals. The system was sometimes called Bertillonage was first used in 1883 to identify a repeating offender. Once you’re in the system you’re in the system for life. Fingerprints are formed in the womb around 10 weeks of gestation. The secretions from your sweat glands which then leaves a small amount of oils and salts when the ridges are pressed against an object. The three types of fingerprint patterns are Arches, Whorls, and Loops. Finger prints are unique to an individual that now even identical

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