S4 Ep325: What’s Your Job? - Fingerprint Forensic Scientist

Stop! Don’t touch that non-porous surface! Tastebud Jen is a forensic scientist specializing in fingerprints (and other kinds of prints too, you barefoot murderous weirdo….). Have you ever wanted to know if there’s actually a program that takes a print and matches it with a nationwide database? How about burning off your fingerprints before you commit a crime; is that a thing? Are cotton gloves really better than latex for hiding your fingerprints? Kathleen and Bethany are asking Jen all of these burning questions and more! 

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Jen's Sources: 
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589871X19301305
https://www.nist.gov/news-events/news/2017/05/do-you-have-what-it-takes-be-forensic-fingerprint-examiner