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Article: How we can improve the reliability of fingerprint identification
- Article from:
- Judicature
- Article date:
- September 1, 2006
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CopyrightCopyright American Judicature Society Sep/Oct 2006. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Fingerprints are an excellent source of unique identification. Unfortunately, enormous population growth, worldwide terrorism, and the incorporation of new fingerprint features have occurred without the benefit of badly needed reengineering and recalibration. Our fingerprint matches are no longer foolproof.
A perfect storm is developing. The reliability of fingerprint identification has declined while the population of fingerprints has exploded. Who is going to tell prospective employees that their fingerprints indicate they have a criminal background? Every night an automated process takes place where the fingerprints of approximately 50,000 job applicants are computer analyzed as a part ...