Instrumental hemistry and human identification applications and potential

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Marco Antonio de Souza

Abstract

In the forensic sciences, latent fingerprint - IDL has always been a powerful tool to search for the authorship of a crime. More than 20 years ago, analytical instrumentation has been used to search for other information of this vestige that could be of interest in an investigation. Studies using vibrational spectroscopy were able to demonstrate great potential to inform the age of an IDL, to promote interesting contrasts between the IDL and the surface where it was deposited and to provide qualitative and quantitative chemical information through the analysis of endogenous and exogenous substances found in IDLs such as drugs, metabolites, traces of explosives etc.

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Marco Antonio de Souza, Federal Police, Brasília-DF, Brazil / Federal Police Papilloscopist

Papilloscopist of the Federal Police (National Identification Institute - Federal Police);

Master in Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology (University of Brasilia)

PhD student in Nanoscience and Nanobiotechnology (University of Brasilia)

Researcher and Head of the Research Group on Forensic Papilloscopy (National Police Academy).

Member of the Green Nanotechnology research group: environment, health and sustainability (University of Brasilia).

How to Cite

Instrumental hemistry and human identification: applications and potential. Brazilian Journal of Police Sciences, Brasília, Brasil, v. 13, n. 8, p. 71–93, 2022. DOI: 10.31412/rbcp.v13i8.931. Disponível em: https://periodicos.pf.gov.br/index.php/RBCP/article/view/931. Acesso em: 9 sept. 2026.

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