Fingerprint Studies - The Recent Challenges And Advancements: A Literary View

Abstract

The science of fingerprints – dermatoglyphics had long been widely accepted, and well acclaimed and reputed as panacea for individualization, particularly in forensic investigations. Nonetheless, the occasional errors in identification that at times bedevil the practice had been raising alarms and skepticism and the possible discontinuity of its acceptance. In spite of this, while no yet any parallel or other equally acceptable diagnostic methods of personal identification exist at present, relentless efforts in scientific advancements are ongoing to make fingerprint a most reliable and errorless human identification reference point. This paper addresses this subject from literary point of view.