Poroscopy, a little studied aspect of personal identification has been undertaken in the present work. Rolled and plain finger prints of one hundred individuals along with their palm prints were obtained to study shape, size, position, inter-spacing and number per unit area of pores etc. These findings were compared with the findings obtained from the latent prints of same number of individuals to see the practical feasibility of the poroscopy in personal identification. It is found that though the study of pores due to their microscopic nature is somewhat difficult as compared to the study of ridge characteristics, but the results achieved in the present study indicate that identification with the help of poroscopy is as reliable and accurate as ridge characteristics and can be compared with the results obtained through the study of ridge characteristics.
Personal Identification, Dermatoglyphics, Sweat pores, Poroscopy, Latent Fingerprints
