The text is designed for the beginning and intermediate fingerprint classifier. It will also serve as a quick reference source for the more experienced technician. The book is divided into 11 chapters: (1) Fingerprints: Their History and Meaning; (2) Fingerprint Pattern Types and Classifications; (3) Fingerprint Classification; (4) Scarred Patterns, Amputations, and Missing at Birth; (5) Filing Sequence; (6) Searching and Referencing; (7) Techniques for Taking Good Fingerprints; (8) Problems in Taking Inked Fingerprints; (9) Proper Procedure for Taking Major Case Prints; (10) Preparation of Fingerprint Charts for Court Testimony; and (11) Problems and Practices in Fingerprinting the Dead. The book also cites three cases involving outstanding accomplishments by a police department’s Latent Print Section, whose work contributed to the apprehension and conviction of three murder suspects. Figures, tables, appendixes