In a controlled study, fingerprint examiners who determined that a crime scene-quality print matched a high-quality sample from the same individual were correct 99.8% of the time. Investigators ...

Police have used fingerprint evidence to catch and convict criminals for more than 100 years. It's a commonly used technique in Australia: more than 10,000 fingerprint matches were made in Victoria ...

DHS plans a contract worth up to $100M to consolidate biometric examination, identity record management and accuracy analysis supporting IDENT and HART.

Fingerprint examination, though in use for more than 100 years, has until recently undergone surprisingly little scientific scrutiny. A paper recently published in the scientific journal PLOS ONE ...

The National Police Agency announced on the 24th that a total of 299 participants from 58 countries took part in the 2nd International Fingerprint Examination Competition (IFEC), which was co-hosted ...