Personal Identification

Description

Recent court decisions have increased the importance of physical evidence and have added importance to the establishment of correct personal identification in criminal cases. In addition to presenting the tried and proven methods of identification, this book gives a brief overview of some of the new and exciting identification processes that will become increasingly important in the future. The presentation of practical information concerning legal problems encountered in identification processes should prove helpful. Personal Identification, unlike most books in the field, offers abroad view of the identification picture. It is my hope that this book is worthy of its title Personal Identification, which was first used in Wilder and Wentworth’s classic. Readers, teachers, and students are urged to send to me any corrections, suggested additions, and comments. Each of these will be given careful consideration and will be taken into account in any future revisions. So many people have been involved in the preparation of this book that I cannot list them all. Special thanks are due the late J. Edgar Hoover, former Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and to T. Dickerson Cooke, Director of the Institute of Applied Science. Without their help, this work could not have been done. Thanks are also due Messrs. Coleman, Lawson, and Price, my bankers, whose faith, expressed in a very real way, enabled me to gather the material that is presented here. I wish also to thank Dr. Robert R. J. Gallati and Joseph A. McGraw of NYSIIS, Chief Alfred V. Iannarelli, Col. Paul B. Robinson, President of The Marion Institute, Chief Jessie L. Thomas of the Marion Police Department, and Major Nestor Quintero for their assistance.