Fingerprints are an excellent way to identify suspects and record important clues found at the scene of the crime. Fingerprints are created by oil and sweat that collects between the ridges of skin on your fingers. When you touch a smooth or flat surface, a small pattern is created on that surface. Every single person in the world has a different set of fingerprints.
There are four distinct types of fingerprints.
Whorl.................Loop..................Arch
here are the different parts of a print:
Look at your fingers can you find all the different parts on your finger and identify what type of print you have?
(soon to come: different people's fingerprints)
