Question

The FBI and the RCMP use databases of fingerprints, palm prints, and faces in an attempt to match crime scene evidence. What additional fields could be added to forensic databases to assist criminal justice entities in their crime investigations?

Answer 1

additional fields could be added to forensic databases to assist criminal justice entities in their crime investigations are:

i)injuries, weapons, DNA, computer data, drugs and counterfeit goods

ii) reconstruct faces from skulls, and sometimes animating or virtually ageing them, or studying corpses to pinpoint the cause and time of death.

iii) Dental records are often used to identify unknown bodies
iv) body’s state of decomposition, can indicate the time of death.

v)Blood found at crime scenes

vi)handwriting or match styles of written language.
vii)Criminal profilers, try to get inside the minds of serial killers and other criminals.
viii)patterns of wear on cloths to incriminate suspects.

ix)Computers, emails and digital media are routinely scanned for the faint digital fingerprints