Determination of stature from fingerprints in Malaysian Malays by regression analysis

Determination of human stature is an important parameter in person identification. Fingerprints form a valuable physical evidence in crime investigation. The pressure of fingers produced impression on the objects and thus producing fingerprint impression that can be used for person identification....

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: T. Nataraja Moorthy, Nuranis Raihan Zulkifly
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2016
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11813/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11813/1/45_02_09.pdf
_version_ 1848812833837416448
author T. Nataraja Moorthy,
Nuranis Raihan Zulkifly,
author_facet T. Nataraja Moorthy,
Nuranis Raihan Zulkifly,
author_sort T. Nataraja Moorthy,
building UKM Institutional Repository
collection Online Access
description Determination of human stature is an important parameter in person identification. Fingerprints form a valuable physical evidence in crime investigation. The pressure of fingers produced impression on the objects and thus producing fingerprint impression that can be used for person identification. The fingerprints provide useful clue towards narrowing the pool of potentially matching identities. No criminal history record is created for non-offenders and first-time offenders who are out of police view and it is cumbersome to identify them through fingerprint records and hence investigators search for suspects. If the height of the offender is known through fingerprint, it is easy to narrow down the suspects. The arrest is the event that triggers the creation of a criminal history record for a particular case. Literature review shows that very limited studies were conducted in estimating stature from fingerprints and currently there are no population specific standards to determine stature from fingerprints in a Malaysian Malay population. Hence the present study is aimed to derive population specific regression equations to determine the stature in this population.
first_indexed 2025-11-15T00:08:35Z
format Article
id oai:generic.eprints.org:11813
institution Universiti Kebangasaan Malaysia
institution_category Local University
language English
last_indexed 2025-11-15T00:08:35Z
publishDate 2016
publisher Malaysian Society of Applied Biology
recordtype eprints
repository_type Digital Repository
spelling oai:generic.eprints.org:118132018-07-02T01:23:22Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11813/ Determination of stature from fingerprints in Malaysian Malays by regression analysis T. Nataraja Moorthy, Nuranis Raihan Zulkifly, Determination of human stature is an important parameter in person identification. Fingerprints form a valuable physical evidence in crime investigation. The pressure of fingers produced impression on the objects and thus producing fingerprint impression that can be used for person identification. The fingerprints provide useful clue towards narrowing the pool of potentially matching identities. No criminal history record is created for non-offenders and first-time offenders who are out of police view and it is cumbersome to identify them through fingerprint records and hence investigators search for suspects. If the height of the offender is known through fingerprint, it is easy to narrow down the suspects. The arrest is the event that triggers the creation of a criminal history record for a particular case. Literature review shows that very limited studies were conducted in estimating stature from fingerprints and currently there are no population specific standards to determine stature from fingerprints in a Malaysian Malay population. Hence the present study is aimed to derive population specific regression equations to determine the stature in this population. Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2016-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11813/1/45_02_09.pdf T. Nataraja Moorthy, and Nuranis Raihan Zulkifly, (2016) Determination of stature from fingerprints in Malaysian Malays by regression analysis. Malaysian Applied Biology, 45 (2). pp. 57-62. ISSN 0126-8643 http://www.mabjournal.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=565&catid=59:current-view&Itemid=56
spellingShingle T. Nataraja Moorthy,
Nuranis Raihan Zulkifly,
Determination of stature from fingerprints in Malaysian Malays by regression analysis
title Determination of stature from fingerprints in Malaysian Malays by regression analysis
title_full Determination of stature from fingerprints in Malaysian Malays by regression analysis
title_fullStr Determination of stature from fingerprints in Malaysian Malays by regression analysis
title_full_unstemmed Determination of stature from fingerprints in Malaysian Malays by regression analysis
title_short Determination of stature from fingerprints in Malaysian Malays by regression analysis
title_sort determination of stature from fingerprints in malaysian malays by regression analysis
url http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11813/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11813/
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/11813/1/45_02_09.pdf