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Study of Fingerprint Patterns in Relationship with Blood group and Gender-a Statistical Review

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Author Affiliations

  • 1Department of Criminology and Forensic Science, Karnatak Science College, Dharwad, Karnataka, INDIA Dept of Criminology and Forensic Science, Dr. Harising Gour Vishwavidyalaya, Sagar, MP, INDIA

Res. J. Forensic Sci., Volume 1, Issue (1), Pages 15-17, March,29 (2013)

Abstract

Finger prints are considered as the best tool of identification. Finger print evidence is by far the most effective and reliable evidence in the court of law. Two major aspects which prove the efficiency of finger prints are, the ridges formed during the foetal period do not change their course of alignment throughout the life of an individual until the skin is decomposed and the other one is two finger prints of either a same individual or two different individuals are never alike, they differ in their patterns and ridge characteristics. Due to its effectiveness or we can say its potential fingerprints are considered as conclusive evidence in the court of law. Present study is an attempt to analyze and correlate fingerprint patterns with gender and blood group of an individual. We have carried a study with 200 individuals among which 100 were male and 100 were female subjects having different ABO blood groups belonging to different age groups. This study was carried out in Hubli- Dharwad, Karnataka, India. All the 10 fingerprint patterns were divided into Loops, Whorls and Arches. Results show that Loops are most commonly found fingerprint patterns and Arches are least common. Loops dominated in all the Blood groups of both Rh positive and Rh negative individuals but Whorls were found to be dominating in O negative blood group. The only association between gender and finger print patterns in this study is that Loops and Arches were found in higher frequency in Females compared to Males and whorls were found to be high in males compared to females.

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