Basic Fingerprint Classification

FINGERPRINT CLASSIFICATION, IDENTIFICATION & COMPARISON
TEN-FINGERPRINT COURSE

September 22-26, 2008
$695.00

Class Times 830-430

The science of fingerprint classification is a unique language, requiring specialized skills to identify and classify fingerprint impressions. The Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science is proud to offer a 5 day fingerprint classification course that will prepare the student for advanced fingerprint and palm print identification courses. This course is intended for those students who have limited or no experience or formal training in fingerprint identification and classification techniques.

Through practical exercises, quizzes and a final written exam, this forty-hour, five-day course will provide the student with the knowledge, skills and ability to recognize, classify and identify fingerprint patterns.

Who should attend?

Federal/State/ Local law enforcement
Civilians working in police ID bureaus
College students majoring in Criminal Justice
Human Resource Personnel
Attorneys

Course Objectives

Identify & classify the three basic patterns
Identify & classify the sub-groups of these patterns
Ridging counting
Whorl tracing
Recognize fingerprint characteristics
Henry/NCIC/ IAFIS Classification System
Compare inked ten fingerprints
Develop a fingerprint filing system

The course will prepare the student to take the IAI Ten-Print Certification Test

This course has been approved by the Police Officers Standard Council; credit hours for law enforcement personnel from Delaware, Maryland & Connecticut can be received.

Registration is limited to 20 students. This course includes intense class work and students should expect some independent work which will be reviewed in class.

This course is a pre-requisite for the Advanced Fingerprint Identification course and is necessary for any latent comparison work.
INSTRUCTOR
RALPH A. DIFONZO, JR.
Special Agent, FBI (Retired)

DAY ONE:
• Inked finger impressions and electronic live scan fingerprint images
• Services of the FBI Criminal Justice Information System (CJIS) Division
• Ridge details and fingerprint minutiae
• Loop Fingerprint Patterns

DAY TWO:
• Arch fingerprint patterns
• Whorl fingerprint patterns
• Practical classification exercises

DAY THREE:
• Scarred, mutilated, partial and complete amputated fingers
• The Henry Classification System as a Fingerprint Filing System
• National Crime Information Center (NCIC) Fingerprint Classification System

DAY FOUR:
• Integrated Automated Fingerprint Identification System (IAFIS)
• Exercises in classifying and comparing fingerprints

DAY FIVE:
• AFIS demonstration and hands on use of AFIS
• Live Scan