Implementation of inherent palmar prints ridge dimensions for gender determination to facilitate forensic investigation

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Cyriack Ch. Sangma and Amit Chauhan

In the legal justice system, fingerprints bear a pivotal connotation to support investigation whereas it’s morphology, uniqueness, perpetuality and ubiquitous by nature. Such prints are recovered from the misdemeanour spectacle in various form which have been utilized in order to establish a link between the perpetrator and victim from earlier phase of scientific era. Several researchers and scientists carried out researches for establishment of identity, gender determination of accused from the ridges observed from spectacle. This study was attempted in same direction by implementing the Inherent Fingerprints and Palm prints ridge dimensions for Gender determination to facilitate Forensic Investigation. For which, 100 samples including male and females were subjected to provide the inherent palmar surface prints from the northern population of India. By an application of traditional intensification methods, prints were visualized for further analysis with the help of Stereo microscope and the micrometer to observe the ridges dimensions. The obtained resultant of palmar surfaces allows us to discriminate genders based on their dimensions. This study proclaims that any perpetrator along with their identical gender involved in any lawlessness can be apprehended based on the few ridges left over misdemeanour spectacle unknowingly.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.24327/ijcar.2020.23499.4653
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