Recording Friction Ridge Details from the Deceased (TriTech)
Date/Time
8/3/2026
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Eastern
Event Type(s)
Training Announcement
Event Description
You can attend this course as a 1 day course or combine this day with a 4 day course Aug. 4-7 taught by the same instructor.
Forensic examiners are sometimes called upon to identify deceased persons by means of their fingerprints. This one-day Recording Friction Ridge Details from the Deceased course covers techniques that can be employed in this process, concentrating on cases where the recovery of friction ridge detail can be most difficult. Examples of this include attempting to recover such detail from decomposed, waterlogged, or burnt bodies. Students will take part in exercises designed to reinforce material instructed in the lecture series.
Topics include:
• Morphology of Fingerprints
• Requirements for Recording Friction Ridge Details
• Recording of Major Case Prints
• General Recording of Recently Deceased Subjects
• Recording Decomposed Friction Ridge Skin
• Recording Macerated Friction Ridge Skin
• Recording Desiccated Skin
• Tradition Rehydration
• Recording Rehydrated Friction Ridge Skin
• Recording Charred Friction Ridge Skin
Forensic examiners are sometimes called upon to identify deceased persons by means of their fingerprints. This one-day Recording Friction Ridge Details from the Deceased course covers techniques that can be employed in this process, concentrating on cases where the recovery of friction ridge detail can be most difficult. Examples of this include attempting to recover such detail from decomposed, waterlogged, or burnt bodies. Students will take part in exercises designed to reinforce material instructed in the lecture series.
Topics include:
• Morphology of Fingerprints
• Requirements for Recording Friction Ridge Details
• Recording of Major Case Prints
• General Recording of Recently Deceased Subjects
• Recording Decomposed Friction Ridge Skin
• Recording Macerated Friction Ridge Skin
• Recording Desiccated Skin
• Tradition Rehydration
• Recording Rehydrated Friction Ridge Skin
• Recording Charred Friction Ridge Skin
Location
Setting: In-Person
Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office - Woodbury, NJ
70 Hunter Street
Woodbury, Ne 08096
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Gloucester County Prosecutor's Office - Woodbury, NJ
70 Hunter Street
Woodbury, Ne 08096
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