In recent decades, fingerprint identification has moved from police files into everyday life as a biometric security measure. The first use of fingerprints…

As fingerprint bureaus grew in each country, the need for international standards emerged so that agencies could share and compare records globally. Early…

As fingerprint use became routine, agencies began building large-scale fingerprint databases to store and search prints. The first official fingerprint bureau in the…

Once pioneers like Galton, Vucetich, and Henry had proven fingerprints’ utility, the method had to gain acceptance in courts and legal systems. The…

By the early 1900s, fingerprints were competing with the Bertillon anthropometric system as the preferred method of criminal identification. A turning point came…

By the end of the 19th century, police in various parts of the world were using fingerprints, but a unifying classification was needed…