"Fingerprinting in the Modern World"
Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2019 8:39 am
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)
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)