Digital capture of fingerprints in a disaster victim identification setting: a review and case study
Identification of victims following a mass fatality is conducted by collecting and analysing a series of scientific identifiers and contextual information of each decedent. Recently, there has been a paradigm shift demanding that this complex identification process be accelerated to meet the needs o...
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| description | Identification of victims following a mass fatality is conducted by collecting and analysing a series of scientific identifiers and contextual information of each decedent. Recently, there has been a paradigm shift demanding that this complex identification process be accelerated to meet the needs of the surviving families, politicians and even the media. Postmortem fingerprint identification is a fast and efficient means of victim identification, and through the use of new advances in technology, the digital capture of fingerprints in a Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) setting will play a strong role. This paper provides an overview of current technology and explains how this technology can adapt to current DVI procedures. The Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) incident is a recent example of a DVI event that utilized new digital fingerprint capture technology and further demonstrates why such technology is warranted in future mass fatality operations. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-91641f486dbc43a6af68b9ac8049b8982023-09-03T02:01:06ZengOxford University PressForensic Sciences Research2096-17902471-14112018-10-010011010.1080/20961790.2018.15213271521327Digital capture of fingerprints in a disaster victim identification setting: a review and case studyBryan T. Johnson0John A. J. M. Riemen1Federal Bureau of InvestigationDutch National PoliceIdentification of victims following a mass fatality is conducted by collecting and analysing a series of scientific identifiers and contextual information of each decedent. Recently, there has been a paradigm shift demanding that this complex identification process be accelerated to meet the needs of the surviving families, politicians and even the media. Postmortem fingerprint identification is a fast and efficient means of victim identification, and through the use of new advances in technology, the digital capture of fingerprints in a Disaster Victim Identification (DVI) setting will play a strong role. This paper provides an overview of current technology and explains how this technology can adapt to current DVI procedures. The Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) incident is a recent example of a DVI event that utilized new digital fingerprint capture technology and further demonstrates why such technology is warranted in future mass fatality operations.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2018.1521327Forensic sciencesdisaster victim identificationpostmortem fingerprintsdigital fingerprint captureINTERPOL DVIridgeology |
| spellingShingle | Bryan T. Johnson John A. J. M. Riemen Digital capture of fingerprints in a disaster victim identification setting: a review and case study Forensic Sciences Research Forensic sciences disaster victim identification postmortem fingerprints digital fingerprint capture INTERPOL DVI ridgeology |
| title | Digital capture of fingerprints in a disaster victim identification setting: a review and case study |
| title_full | Digital capture of fingerprints in a disaster victim identification setting: a review and case study |
| title_fullStr | Digital capture of fingerprints in a disaster victim identification setting: a review and case study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digital capture of fingerprints in a disaster victim identification setting: a review and case study |
| title_short | Digital capture of fingerprints in a disaster victim identification setting: a review and case study |
| title_sort | digital capture of fingerprints in a disaster victim identification setting a review and case study |
| topic | Forensic sciences disaster victim identification postmortem fingerprints digital fingerprint capture INTERPOL DVI ridgeology |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20961790.2018.1521327 |
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