Science of Crime: Latent Fingerprints
Program Overview:
Forensic science is a complex discipline that encompasses more than a dozen distinct fields. Except for a few recent additions to the investigative tool kit such as DNA analysis and computer forensics, most fields trace their origins to the 19th century or before.
Presented by The Mob Museum, this program in the Science of Crime series will focus on fingerprint forensics.
Within most crime labs, scientists have highly specialized expertise. Unlike what is portrayed on television, it is rarely one individual who investigates the crime scene, processes the fingerprints, analyzes the DNA and examines the trace evidence. Instead, highly specialized experts focus on one field. This leads to more efficient and effective lab results.
Each month, The Mob Museum and the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Forensic Laboratory will present an in-depth look at the disciplines and sciences that encompass forensic analysis.
About this July’s Science of Crime program:
Identify and determine a fingerprint. Learn what a latent print is and how forensic scientists match them up at the Museum’s Science of Crime in July. David Johnson is a certified latent print examiner for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Forensic Laboratory. David has more than 11 years of experience in fingerprint analysis.
Free for Museum Members or with Museum admission.