Course overview
The friction ridge skin on feet is just as identifiable as fingers, joints and palms. However, latent print and crime scene personnel need to know what they are working with to successfully complete the documentation, collection and comparison of plantar prints. This course presents forensic professionals with the knowledge and tools necessary to document and collect plantar prints at a scene, search plantar prints during comparisons, and how to collect proper plantar exemplars.
Day One.
Students can expect to spend the first day becoming familiar with Lecture and practical exercise topics include:
Anatomy of feet
Walking vs. running
Ridge flow of planter prints
Palmer prints vs. plantar prints
Search clues
Crime scene processing & enhancement
Day Two.
Lecture and practical exercise topics include::
Plantar print exemplars
Mediums and exemplar techniques
Comparison of plantar prints
Case studies
Course links.
plantar print analysis course syllabus
course policies
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Course requirements.
Students will need to bring magnifiers and ridge counters.
Student are also encouraged to bring ink slabs, rollers and ink for recording plantar exemplars.
IAI Approved.
This course is approved by the IAI Latent Print Certification Board for 16 hours of credit towards certification/re-certification.