AFIS
Fingerprint database system
AFIS stands for Automated Fingerprint Identification System, a database and matching technology used by law enforcement to store and compare fingerprint records.
When police collect prints from a crime scene, AFIS searches millions of records to find potential matches: The latent print came back with three hits in AFIS.
Present but inactive
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- whorlsSpiral arrangements around center
- loopsSelf-crossing curved shapes
- archesWeight-bearing curved spans
minutiae · pattern · livescan · ink · dusting · powder · brush · lifters
Location of an offense
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
- suspectBelieve to be likely
detective · law enforcement · criminalistics · cold case · unsolved · exemplar · court · testimony
Stored data or albums
- searchAct of seeking
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
- templatePreset pattern for reproduction
algorithm · matching · query · submission · response time · accuracy · false positive · false negative
latent
Present but inactive
- ridgesNarrow elevated formations
- whorlsSpiral arrangements around center
- loopsSelf-crossing curved shapes
arches · minutiae · pattern · livescan · ink · dusting · powder · brush · lifters · tape
crime scene
Location of an offense
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- investigationFormal examination of facts
- identificationEstablishing who someone is
suspect · detective · law enforcement · criminalistics · cold case · unsolved · exemplar · court · testimony · chain of custody
records
Stored data or albums
- searchAct of seeking
- repositoryPlace for storing things
- enrollmentAct of registering officially
template · algorithm · matching · query · submission · response time · accuracy · false positive · false negative · criminal history
- forensicsDNA, DNA analysis, fingerprints, forensics, criminalistics
- crime databasescriminal records, DNA database, FBI database, criminal history, rap sheet
- Fingerprintsfingerprint, fingerprints, thumbprint, thumbprints, whorl
- Identity Verificationfingerprint scan, iris scan, facial recognition, retina scan, voice recognition
Automated identification by face
iris scanning · iris recognition · voice recognition · DNA profiling
Recognizing a culprit firsthand
visual inspection · self-identification · photo lineup · witness testimony