Fingerprints

Besim Arifi, CCSI, CLPE

Session

Law

Description

Fingerprints are indisputable signs of finger contact with a certain surface. They constitute the main argument with which investigations are conducted and oriented and show strong evidence regarding the presence of the suspect at the crime scene. They can also be taken for elimination in cases where the victim has also left his traces at the same crime scene. Their search is carried out with special procedures and after searching and finding them, a very important step is also their capture, which is done in different ways depending on where they were found and with what method we have decided to take them. In the field of criminalistics, they are one of the main facts that make the investigator direct his investigation to the specific track and all this enables the pursuit and capture of the perpetrators of various criminal offenses. Therefore, fingerprints can also be used in cases of so-called "elimination" of traces. In this case, these traces are taken from the persons who are victims in the case in question and these traces are taken to verify whether they are truly traces of the person who was the victim of a case or are traces of an unknown person, in which case they are taken and compared in various ways such as the automatic comparison method which in our country is called the Automatic Identification System – AFIS.

Keywords:

Fingerprints, search, investigation, examination, incitement, taking, etc

Proceedings Editor

Edmond Hajrizi

ISBN

978-9951-982-41-2

Location

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

Start Date

25-10-2025 9:00 AM

End Date

26-10-2025 6:00 PM

DOI

10.33107/ubt-ic.2025.261

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Fingerprints

UBT Lipjan, Kosovo

Fingerprints are indisputable signs of finger contact with a certain surface. They constitute the main argument with which investigations are conducted and oriented and show strong evidence regarding the presence of the suspect at the crime scene. They can also be taken for elimination in cases where the victim has also left his traces at the same crime scene. Their search is carried out with special procedures and after searching and finding them, a very important step is also their capture, which is done in different ways depending on where they were found and with what method we have decided to take them. In the field of criminalistics, they are one of the main facts that make the investigator direct his investigation to the specific track and all this enables the pursuit and capture of the perpetrators of various criminal offenses. Therefore, fingerprints can also be used in cases of so-called "elimination" of traces. In this case, these traces are taken from the persons who are victims in the case in question and these traces are taken to verify whether they are truly traces of the person who was the victim of a case or are traces of an unknown person, in which case they are taken and compared in various ways such as the automatic comparison method which in our country is called the Automatic Identification System – AFIS.