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A preliminary investigation into the acquisition of fingerprints on food
Sarah Ferguson1, Lynsey Nicholson, Kevin Farrugia
1School of Contemporary Sciences, University of Abertay, Dundee, UK.
Abstract:
The potential for enhancement and recovery of latent fingerprints on a variety of foodstuffs has been investigated. In general, black magnetic powder and black powder suspensions appear to be the most successful enhancement techniques with a high number of ridge detail-developed prints over a selected time scale. Banana, apple and tomato surfaces showed enhancement of latent prints but potato and egg surfaces proved to be less successful.
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