FEATURES OF A FINGERPRINT PATTERN ON THE PHALANGES OF FINGERS AND TOES AND LIPS STRUCTURE CONSIDERED IN THE CONTEXT OF CRIMINALISTIC METHODS
For over two hundred years in forensic science there is a dispute about the genetic nature of the papillary lines pattern on the phalanges of fingers. Today’s popular opinion is that the patterns are not inherited. However, thanks to modern science, now it is possible to use another approach of establishing the pattern of inheritance of papillary lines. All conclusions drawn earlier were based on numerous studies that used different techniques such as ridge count, static methods, counting of patterns of papillary lines, comparison of their types, symmetry and asymmetry, spatial orientation, and so on. And despite the fact that there have been some interesting results, the “mystery of nature” remained undisclosed. A completely different approach to analyze patterns of papillary lines was proposed by Professor M.K. Kaminski. It is a planar system of analysis that can also be applied in our case, when you should find compositions made of linear features of both the pattern of hand, foot and lips, which should be carried out according to the law of ordering the elements in the compositions of the components of the following types: linear, areal; arches resting on their chords; angular measures in a planar system.