1912 EDMOND LOCARD
A Professor at the University of Lyons in France, Locard established the Institution of Criminalistics in 1910.
Although better known in forensic circles for his contribution to contact trace evidence; “When two objects come into contact there is an exchange of material from each to the other”, he was also interested in fingerprints.
Locard studies and investigated identification using the position and variation of pores as unique ridge characteristics. He presented evidence of identification in one case at Court using poroscopy, even though the impression already contained many characteristics in agreement.
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