Jana Houdaifa 10GA 18-1-2023

Fingerprints
Learning Outcome:
1. I can explain what fingerprints are by using useful websites.
2. I can create a poster writing the history of fingerprints and its relation to crimescenes.
The science of fingerprint identification or Dactylography began nearly 4,000 years ago.
Fingerprints offer a reliable means of personal identification. Lots of research have been done
in this field to find accurate method and technique from many years.

*In 1823, Jan Evangelista Purkinje, anatomy professor at the University of Breslau,

published his thesis discussing nine fingerprint patterns. However, Purkinje made no mention
of the value of fingerprints for personal identification.*The English began using fingerprints
in July 1858 when Sir William James Herschel, Chief Magistrate of the Hooghly District in
Jungipoor, India, first used fingerprints on native contracts. On a whim, and without thought
toward personal identification, Herschel had Rajyadhar Konai, a local businessman, impress
his hand print on a contract. This is probably the first time fingerprints were used for personal
identification , though they did not think from that perspective and only tried to frighten him
by blackmailing Konai about his hand print time and again.

Forensic teams use fingerprints to build a list of suspects. These prints identify people likely
to have been at the crime scene. You need to prove beyond reasonable doubt that someone
committed a crime.