Forensic science in the Global South: addressing Brazilian fingerprint experts’ challenges

Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country by land mass and seventh most populous. It presents a wide range of geographical and environmental differences in addition to heterogeneous resource availability, leading to major challenges in forensic science service provision. Here, we report the initia...

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Main Authors: Lopes, Thais, Sauzier, Georgina, Barros, R.M., Lewis, Simon W.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis 2024
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96845
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author Lopes, Thais
Sauzier, Georgina
Barros, R.M.
Lewis, Simon W.
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description Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country by land mass and seventh most populous. It presents a wide range of geographical and environmental differences in addition to heterogeneous resource availability, leading to major challenges in forensic science service provision. Here, we report the initial results from a survey of Brazilian fingerprint practitioners conducted in early 2023 to better comprehend the tools used for the recovery and detection of latent fingermarks, and to identify the main challenges facing Brazilian fingerprint practitioners in this regard. This will subsequently form the basis for the targeted development of sustainable latent fingermark protocols suitable for deployment in the Brazilian context.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-968452025-06-16T03:12:57Z Forensic science in the Global South: addressing Brazilian fingerprint experts’ challenges Lopes, Thais Sauzier, Georgina Barros, R.M. Lewis, Simon W. Brazil is the world’s fifth largest country by land mass and seventh most populous. It presents a wide range of geographical and environmental differences in addition to heterogeneous resource availability, leading to major challenges in forensic science service provision. Here, we report the initial results from a survey of Brazilian fingerprint practitioners conducted in early 2023 to better comprehend the tools used for the recovery and detection of latent fingermarks, and to identify the main challenges facing Brazilian fingerprint practitioners in this regard. This will subsequently form the basis for the targeted development of sustainable latent fingermark protocols suitable for deployment in the Brazilian context. 2024 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96845 10.1080/00450618.2024.2324733 Taylor & Francis fulltext
spellingShingle Lopes, Thais
Sauzier, Georgina
Barros, R.M.
Lewis, Simon W.
Forensic science in the Global South: addressing Brazilian fingerprint experts’ challenges
title Forensic science in the Global South: addressing Brazilian fingerprint experts’ challenges
title_full Forensic science in the Global South: addressing Brazilian fingerprint experts’ challenges
title_fullStr Forensic science in the Global South: addressing Brazilian fingerprint experts’ challenges
title_full_unstemmed Forensic science in the Global South: addressing Brazilian fingerprint experts’ challenges
title_short Forensic science in the Global South: addressing Brazilian fingerprint experts’ challenges
title_sort forensic science in the global south: addressing brazilian fingerprint experts’ challenges
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96845