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DEVELOPING LATENT PRINTS ON PLASTIC BAGS

NCJ Number
17792
Journal
FINGERPRINT AND IDENTIFICATION MAGAZINE Volume: 56 Issue: 6 Dated: (DECEMBER 1974) Pages: 11-12,15
Author(s)
J C WILSON
Date Published
1974
Length
3 pages
Annotation
A TWO TO ONE MIXTURE OF MAGNETIC POWDER TO BRUSH TYPE POWDER, WHEN APPLIED WITH A MAGNETIC WAND, WILL YIELD GOOD RESULTS WHEN DEVELOPING LATENT PRINTS ON PLASTIC POLYETHYLENE BAGS.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR DISCOVERED THIS METHOD AFTER HAVING BEEN FRUSTRATED BY THE PHENOMENON OF PRINTS DISAPPEARING WHEN BRUSHED THE SECOND TIME.

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