Latent Fingerprint Enhancement and Photography

LATENT FINGERPRINT ENHANCEMENT AND PHOTOGRAPHY

February 2-6, 2009

$695.00

The Henry C. Lee Institute of Forensic Science is offering an intensive 5 day course intended for police officers, crime scene investigators, forensic scientists, and fingerprint examiners.  This course will offer extensive hands on practicals using some of the most advanced processing techniques such as CA, RTX, RAM, RAY, and SPR.  Special and difficult surfaces will also be presented in the practicals.

Processing for prints using many of these advanced techniques requires photographic skills, including macro and utilizing Alternate Light Sources.

Students taking this course should have as a pre-requisite a basic fingerprint processing and photography course or some experience.

Registration is limited to 24 students.  Classes begin at 9:00am, and are held at the Institute.

DAY 1 

• Introduction / Course Overview
  
• Review of Methods, Material and Lab Safety
  
• Why photograph latent prints?
  
• Nonporous Processing Techniques

DAY 2   

• “Difficult Types of Evidence  Processed”
  
• Nonporous Processing Techniques
  
• Porous Processing Techniques

DAY 3

• Processing Unusual Surfaces

DAY 4

• Specialized Photography
  
• Photography Practical

DAY 5

• Case Studies
  
• Photography Practical Critiques
  
• Latent Print Practical Critiques
  
• Course Evaluation