Item Name: Fingerprinting 1990 - 2002

Item ID: Finger-H5

Collector Rating: 1

Pamphlets Used to Earn this Badge

Requirements August 1982 until January 2004

1. Take a clear set of prints. Use both rolled and plain impressions. Make these on an 8-by-8-inch fingerprint identification card, available from your local police department or counselor.

2. Do the following:

(a) Name the surfaces of the body where friction or papillary ridges are found.
(b) Explain why plain impressions must be taken on a card.

3. Show you can identify the eight types of fingerprint patterns.

4. Give a short history of fingerprinting. Tell the difference between civil and criminal identification. Point out the purposes of each.