Journal de recherche médico-légale

Using Fingerprints to Reveal the Gender: A Review

Abstract

Manisha Panda

The friction ridges and furrows on the pads of the fingers and thumbs produce distinctive patterns known as fingerprints. This friction ridge skin begins to grow in the womb between the ninth and the twenty-fourth weeks of embryonic development. Cuts, burns, and bruises may momentarily impair the quality of a fingerprint. A forensic investigator's top priority when making identification is to determine a person's gender. Effective methods for determining sex include fingerprint ridge density and amino acid profiling of sweat residues found in fingerprints. This article will look at some of the scientific methods used in gender identification through fingerprint analysis.