Problems of Forensic Sciences 2015 Vol. 102 (CII) 71-79
FINGERPRINTING OF CORPSES UNDERGOING EARLY POST-MORTEM CHANGES
Wojciech CZUBAK1, Andrzej CZUBAK1, Tomasz KONOPKA2
1Institute of Forensic Research, Kraków, Poland
2Chair and Department of Forensic Medicine, Collegium Medicum of Jagiellonian University, Kraków, Poland
Streszczenie
Fingerprinting is one of the most used identification methods. The aim of this paper was to check the usefulness of and briefly summarize basic post-mortem fingerprinting techniques. It was essential to develop a kind of procedure that would yield the best possible quality of reference material. In these particular experiments, the research material was bodies with early post-mortem lesions.
Słowa kluczowe
Forensic science; Post-mortem fingerprinting; Rigor mortis; Reference material.