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  • The front cover of Sir Francis Galton's book, Finger Prints, published in 1892.

  • Time: 10 hours
    Level: Introductory
  • This unit covers how science can make fingerprints easier to study, how they are used in court and some of the questions about the extent to which fingerprint identification is sound and scientific. Students will learn the principles used in classifying and matching fingerprints (often called 'marks').
  • Forensic science and fingerprints Course content