1PG Student, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai
2Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai
*Corresponding Author: Dr. Dipayan Deb Barman, Professor & Head, Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, Shri Sathya Sai Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai, E-mail: dipayandebbarman@gmail.com, Contact : +91-8015114461
Online Published on 10 September, 2024.
Human identification is critical, although it might be difficult given that each person has a particular trait. Fingerprint is the best identification of both living and deceased individual. There are patterns like ridge density, macro characteristic and micro characteristic in fingerprints. Fingerprint of ridge density plays an important role in differentiation male and female gender.
An extensive search of all materials related to the topic was carried out in the PubMed and Google Scholar search engines. Relevant research articles focusing on “Reliability of fingerprint ridge density as an effective determinant of sexual dimorphism” published in the period 2001–2021 was included in the review. A total of about 300 studies which were similar to the current study objectives were included and analysed whereas other have been excluded. From the list of 300 articles finally 26 numbers of articles published by previous authors have been chosen and cited based on the relevance and compatibility with the objectives of this review.
The ridge density of fingerprint is useful to determining the possible gender of an individual in routine lifestyle or in crime investigation.
The Fingerprint of ridge density are more useful in identify the sexual dimorphism among individuals of ethnic Tamil descent.
DNA Profiling, Identification, Gender, Blue Stamp Ink
