Fingerprinting: The Legal Framework of Information Support

Abstract

The paper offers a brief overview of the legal framework that underlies fingerprinting as a source of evidence in crime detection and investigation. It examines the issues of forensic data collection, including fingerprint records. Some unresolved issues are also highlighted, like the number and age of people that should be subject to mandatory fingerprinting. Some solutions to this problem are also proposed.

Keywords

• правовые основы дактилоскопической регистрации
• информационное обеспечение
• криминалистическая регистрация
• дактилоскопические учеты