Determination of Sex From Fingerprint Ridge Density in North Indian Population

Fingerprints found at the crime scene are undoubtedly the most reliable and acceptable evidence till date, in the court of law. Due to the immense potential of fingerprints as an effective method of identification, an attempt has been made in the present work to analyze their correlation with sex of an individual. Fingerprints of randomly selected 213 (109 male and 104 female) medical students from Maulana Azad Medical College, New Delhi, where studied. Fingerprint ridge densities were calculated for all the cases and statistically analyzed for sex determination. It was found that there is a statistically significant difference in the fingerprint ridge density between male and female; with females having greater fingerprint ridge density.