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Fingerprint Distortion with Alice Maceo

Monday, April 11, 2011 at 9:00 AM - Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 4:00 PM (GMT)

Wolverhampton, United Kingdom

Fingerprint Distortion with Alice Maceo

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This two day advanced CPD programme, which has NPIA backing, brings world renowned expert Alice Maceo to the UK. 

The course will provide particpants with a colour book including many of the images that Alice used in conducting her research in to this important area.  The course will cover the following:

 

Basis for uniqueness and persistence of friction ridge skin

Effect of condition of the skin on the appearance of latent prints

Effect of the residue (matrix) on the appearance of latent prints

Effect of the mechanics of touch on the appearance of latent prints

Effect of the surface (substrate) on the appearance of latent prints

Effect of the development technique on the appearance of latent prints

Analysis of deposition pressure and wobble

Analysis of horizontal and vertical shearing stress

Analysis of torque (rotation)

Analysis of pressure changes during shearing stress or rotation

Analysis of combined shearing stress and rotation

Application of skills to “real world” latent prints

Alice Maceo holds a BS in Biology from the University of Alaska, Anchorage and has been an active latent print examiner since 1997. She is currently the Forensic Lab Manager of the Latent Print section of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Forensic Laboratory. Alice has been certified as a Latent Print Examiner by the IAI since 2001. She is also a distinguished member of the IAI and continues to serve on SWGFAST, the General Forensic TWG, the Expert Working Group on Human Factors in Latent Prints, and the IAI Editorial Board. Alice has published multiple articles and has lectured through out the U.S.A., Canada, and Europe. This workshop is the culmination of two years of research designed to aid the interpretation of forensic evidence.

 

When & Where


University of Wolverhampton
Wulfruna Street
WV1 1LY Wolverhampton
United Kingdom

Monday, April 11, 2011 at 9:00 AM - Tuesday, April 12, 2011 at 4:00 PM (GMT)


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The Fingerprint Society



The Fingerprint Society is open to all persons with an interest in Fingerprints and their use in solving crimes.  The Society's website has details of membership prices and advantages along with an application form.  You can see that members not only get discounts to the Annual conference but also to the Society's one day CPD conferences.  Members also get a regular newsletter and are posted a copy of the Society journal 'Fingerprint Whorld'.