Chapter 18. Lab IV-1 Dusting and Lifting Latent Fingerprints
Equipment and Materials
You’ll need the following items to complete this lab session. (The standard kit for this book, available from http://www.thehomescientist.com, includes the items listed in the first group.)
Materials from Kit
Goggles
Fingerprint brush
Fingerprint powder, black
Fingerprint powder, white
Materials you Provide
Gloves
Camera with macro capability (optional)
Desk lamp
Index cards or paper (white and black)
Scanner (optional)
Tape, packing or similar transparent
Ultraviolet (UV) light source (optional)
Specimens: objects with fingerprints
Background
We’ll begin with the oldest fingerprint development method, dusting. With the exception of using magnetic powders to treat recently touched ...
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