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Just Science Podcast: Just Using Inadvertently Photographed Ridge Detail as Evidence

NCJ Number
309853
Date Published
November 2024
Abstract

In episode two of our Case Studies season, Just Science sat down with Tim Fayle, Training Capability Lead for IDEMIA Australasia and Chair of the International Association for Identification’s Latent Print Certification Board, to discuss the utility of friction ridge detail inadvertently captured via photographs as a valuable and potentially underutilized type of evidence within a variety of case types.

Date Published: November 1, 2024