"Fingerprinting in the Modern World"

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Dear CLPEX readers,
I take the liberty to pass some information on a website designed by Prof. Daniel Asen.
Enjoy and kind regards from Lausanne. Christophe

Short Description of the site by Daniel Asen

"Fingerprinting in the Modern World"

https://sites.rutgers.edu/fingerprinting/

This website provides resources for teaching the history of fingerprinting in secondary and college-level humanities, life sciences, and forensic science classes. It provides the following materials:

----Modules: Short narratives (approximately 1-2 single-spaced pages each) that discuss particular historical and conceptual themes in the history of fingerprinting and its use today. The modules address the following themes:

1. Introduction: What are Fingerprints?

2. Making Modern Fingerprinting

3. "No Two Finger Prints Are Alike"

4. Fingerprints and Science

5. Fingerprints, Race, and Population

6. Fingerprinting and Science Today

---Video lectures: Short video lectures, composed of slides and voiceover, that provide additional detail about particular issues that are raised in the modules. The video lectures address the following themes:

1. Introduction: What are Fingerprints?

2. Colonial Beginnings

3. Fingerprint Cards and the "Henry System"

4. "Bertillonage" and Identification by Body Measurements

5. New Developments

6. Dermatoglyphics: The Scientific Study of Fingerprints

7. Fingerprints and the Study of Human Genetics

8. Fingerprints and Race

9. Fingerprinting in the 21st Century


A detailed description of these resources is available here: https://sites.rutgers.edu/fingerprintin ... s-website/

For more information, feel free to contact Prof. Daniel Asen, Associate Professor, Department of History, Rutgers University-Newark (daniel.asen@rutgers.edu)