Instructions
Consider the history of fingerprints as a forensic science. It represents what is likely the earliest attempt to apply science to a criminal investigation.
With that in mind, write a paper discussing the following topics:
Review the history of fingerprints and discuss how that history is representative of the history of forensics as a whole.
Discuss how early latent print examiners came from within law enforcement and how that has changed.
Explain how that change is reflective of the direction forensic science has taken in the last century.
Consider the impact of the Frye and Dauberts ruling on the science of latent prints. Where does that leave the science of fingerprints today?
