AFIS systems are amazing. With AFIS, people can be fingerprinted and have their criminal history records checked in a matter of minutes; a mug shot and palm print might be included on the rap sheet returned to the inquiring agency. The technology has moved from exclusively forensic or criminal applications into other areas, such as social services benefits and other emerging applications. The greatest use of AFIS technology is for tenprint identifications, in which rolled fingerprint images are compared against enrolled records. The greatest potential value of AFIS systems lies in the area of latent print identifications. The ability of AFIS systems to search millions of records in minutes. | ELSEVIER ACADEMIC PRESS 4 i I Automated Fingerprint Identification Systems AFIS PETO w Contribu JLisa K. Fo Peter T. Higgins Kafll uthors SXI AUTOMATED FINGERPRINT IDENTIFICATION SYSTEMS AFIS
