History
Fingerprinting has helped governments all over the world for over 100 years to provide accurate identification of criminals. There has never been any fingerprints found alike in many billions of human and automated computer comparisons. Fingerprints are the basics for criminal history foundation at every police group on the Earth. The first forensic professional organization, the International Association for Identification (IAI), was made in 1915. The first professional certification program for forensic scientists, the IAI's Certified Latent Print Examiner (CLPE) program was made in 1977, issuing certification to those meeting stringent criteria and taking away certification for large errors such as erroneous identifications. Fingerprinting continues to grow as the premier way for positively identifying persons, with tens of thousands of persons added to fingerprint repositories every day in America by itself. Throughout the world, fingerprints began from crime "scenes lead to more suspects and generate more evidence in court than every other forensic laboratory techniques added together.
Fingerprinting has helped governments all over the world for over 100 years to provide accurate identification of criminals. There has never been any fingerprints found alike in many billions of human and automated computer comparisons. Fingerprints are the basics for criminal history foundation at every police group on the Earth. The first forensic professional organization, the International Association for Identification (IAI), was made in 1915. The first professional certification program for forensic scientists, the IAI's Certified Latent Print Examiner (CLPE) program was made in 1977, issuing certification to those meeting stringent criteria and taking away certification for large errors such as erroneous identifications. Fingerprinting continues to grow as the premier way for positively identifying persons, with tens of thousands of persons added to fingerprint repositories every day in America by itself. Throughout the world, fingerprints began from crime "scenes lead to more suspects and generate more evidence in court than every other forensic laboratory techniques added together.