Chapter 7, Biology and Crime: Degeneracy and the Visual Trace

Some interesting tidbits and visuals  here.

Henry Faulds, 1843 - 1930, Scottish scientist who is noted for the development of fingerprinting.    From Chapter 7:

"There are similar markings in the grain of woods, in the veining of leaves, and in the spots and stripes of flowers.  The barks of some trees often display the very patterns that are so useful and interesting in finger prints...Photography shows furrows exactly like those of finger prints in the overflowing lava of a volcano." -Henry Faulds

Training for criminal identification.  More here.

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Alphonse Bertillon