TY - JOUR
AU - Berry, A. M.
AB - DETECTIVE INSPECTOR A. M. BERRY Hampshire Constabulary Mr. Berry describes new police apparatus, invented in his own depart­ ment, now in commercial production. FINGERPRINT LIFT REPRODUCTION EQUIPMENT Since the inception of the fingerprint system in Great Britain in the early part of this century it has been the custom for all latent finger impressions developed at scenes to be photographed with camera and film. This has been a time-consuming process and entailed much work on the part of photographers whose services are often at a premium. Early in 1970 a "revolution" began in this country as far as fingerprints are concerned. After taking the advice of various finger­ print experts and with the approval of the Courts, "lifting" of finger­ prints was commenced by the Metropolitan Police. This technique which has been practised in other countries for many years, had previously been the subject of much discussion and argument here. The fact that this technique would now be acceptable to Courts of Justice for fingerprint evidence had created an opportunity for the technicians responsible for the collection and reproduction of this type of evidence to devise and produce equipment which would speed up the process, increasing output and saving 
TI - Fingerprint Lift Reproduction Equipment
JF - The Police Journal: Theory, Practice and Principles
DO - 10.1177/0032258X7204500108
DA - 1972-01-01
UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/sage/fingerprint-lift-reproduction-equipment-oF1jM0yBHl
SP - 61
EP - 65
VL - 45
IS - 1
DP - DeepDyve
ER -