CERTIFICATION EXAM
In 1983, operated the office that solved the Rojas murder by
fingerprints. - ANSWERS-Juan Vucetich
Considered to be the first homicide solved by fingerprint evidence,
and Argentina became the first country to rely solely on fingerprints
as a method of individualization - ANSWERS-The Rojas Murder
Case
Collaborated with Galton on a method of classification for
fingerprints. - ANSWERS-Sir Richard Henry
Credited for his practical interest in fingerprints in India as a means of
identifying workers to ensure that payment of wages was not
duplicated. - ANSWERS-Sir Richard Henry
University of Edinburgh, Scotland, is credited with being the first to
recognize that friction ridges assist with grasping; "The Papillary
Ridges on the Hands and Feet of Monkeys and Men" dealt with the
evolution of the volar pads - ANSWERS-David Hepburn
,Was the first to suggest that the centers of disturbance of primate
friction ridge formations actually represented the locations of the
volar pads - ANSWERS-Harris Hawthorne Wilder
Is considered to be the first case in which fingerprint evidence was
used to secure a conviction - ANSWERS-a criminal case in Bengal in
1898
Dec 1990 the Belper Committee in England recommended the Henry
Classification system and the individualization of criminals by means
of fingerprints became standard practice in England and would
eventually be adopted in most English-speaking countries -
ANSWERS-Henry Classification
The 1902 trial in England involved Inspector Charles Stockley Collins
of Scotland Yard testifying to an individualization made in a burglary
case. This trial and subsequent conviction marked the beginning of
fingerprint evidence in the courts of England - ANSWERS-First trial
relying on fingerprint evidence
1902 by Dr. Henry P. de Forest of the New York Civil Service
Commission. He established the practice of fingerprinting civil
service applicants in order to prevent imposters from taking test for
otherwise unqualified people. - ANSWERS-First systematic use of
fingerprints in the United States
Created in New York by Captain James H. Parke, first systematic use
of fingerprinting for criminal record purposes in the United States. -
ANSWERS-American Classification System
,Landmark legal case that was the first American appellate case
regarding the admissibility of fingerprint expert testimony -
ANSWERS-People vs Jennings
(1911) is considered to be the first conviction obtained with
fingerprint evidence alone in the United States - ANSWERS-People
vs. Crispi
Explained poroscopy - ANSWERS-Edmond Locard
The first scientific research supporting third level detail as permanent
and unique - ANSWERS-Harris Hawthorne Wilder and Bert
Wentworth - published "Personal Identification.."
Led the Identification Division of the FBI at its inception -
ANSWERS-John Edgar Hoover
Made up the majority of the epidermis, they change in chemical
composition as they reach the surface, distinguishable by the presence
of keratin intermediate filaments - ANSWERS-Keratinocytes
stratum basale
stratum spinosum
stratum granulosum
stratum lucidum
, stratum corneum - ANSWERS-Epidermis Layers
Innermost layer of epidermis, continually divides - ANSWERS-
Stratum Basale
Significant epidermal layer that allows skin to act as a major barrier -
ANSWERS-Stratum Corneum
Exists between cells through the entire epidermis, vary in size -
ANSWERS-Desmosomes
Associated with course hair of armpits and pubic area, the gland's
duct typically empties into a hair follicle - ANSWERS-Apocrine
gland
eccrine and apocrine - ANSWERS-Sudoriferous glands
Mostly on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet (produce water
and organic compounds, amino acids) - ANSWERS-Eccrine gland
Small saclike organic that are found in the dermis layer of skin,
associated with body hair, lipids are the primary compound found in
this gland, secretions typically empty into a hair follicle before
reaching the skin's surface - ANSWERS-Sebaceous glands