Comparison of Usable Latent Fingerprints in Dust: Electrostatic Dust Print Lifter Versus Magna Powder

• NCJ Number: 242792
• Journal: Journal of Forensic Identification Volume: 63 Issue: 3 Dated: May/June 2013 Pages: 263-273
• Author(s): Christine Loewenhagen
• Date Published: June 2013
• Length: 11 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

This study examined the use of electrostatic dust print lifters (EDPL).

Abstract

The use of electrostatic dust print lifters (EDPL) on several forensically relevent substrates were explored and compared against magna powder processing. The substrates were characterized in two conditions: dusty fingers pressed onto a clean surface and clean fingers pressed onto a dusty surface. The EDPL was able to collect latent dust fingerprints with usable comparable detail some of the time when magna powder processing did not. (Published Abstract)