INTRODUCTION TO FORENSIC DACTYLOSCOPY

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Study of the development of fingerprinting in the field of forensic science and its purpose in criminal investigation, using the fingerprint as infallible means of identification of a suspect in the crime scene. The laboratory practice prepares students wi th the knowledge and skills necessary for the recognition, development, identification, and fingerprint processing at the crime scene, in full compliance with the provisions of due process of law in our legal system. At the end of the course, the student w ill have acquired the following skills: Critical Thinking and communication by applying critical thinking skills in forensic scientific investigation and decision -making, as well as in solving problems and situations and by writing correctly and expressing themselves appropriately orally. Use terminology appropriate to the graduate level in their oral and written discourse. Information skills by demonstrating the ability to recognize the need for information, how to locate and evaluate it correctly, and use reliable information sources. Scientific reasoning skills by mastering scientific assumptions relevant to fingerprinting. Forensic investigation skills when carrying out forensic scientific investigations with the purpose of clarifying cases and their eventual judicial prosecution using aspects of dactyloscopy, technology management, equipment, programs and applications relevant to the discipline.