Quantitative Assessment of the Individuality of Friction Ridge Patterns

The National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is the research, development and evaluationagency of the US Department of Justice. The NIJ is dedicated to improvingknowledge and understanding of crime and justice issues through science. NIJprovides objective and independent knowledge and tools to reduce crime andpromote justice, particularly at the state and local levels.Each year, the NIJ publishes and sponsors dozens of research and study documentsdetailing results, analyses and statistics that help to further the organization'smission. These documents relate to topics like biometrics, corrections technology,gun violence, digital forensics, human trafficking, electronic crime, terrorism, tribaljustice and more. This document is one of these publications.