Best Practice Recommendation for Analysis of Friction Ridge Impressions

This document provides best practice recommendations for the Analysis of friction ridge impressions as part of the Analysis, Comparison, and Evaluation examination process. These recommendations include how to assess, document the quality of friction ridge detail, and categorize impressions on the basis of their complexity, and document the utility of impressions for further examination.

This document does not address the Comparison or Evaluation stages of the friction ridge examination process.