Recovering fingerprints from various materials; automatically processing fingerprints; getting additional information (not just the image itself) from fingerprints.

Background

Crimes such as homicide and theft, and drugs such as heroin and cocaine have always been of public concern, and there has been a recent focus on areas such as child sexual abuse, modern slavery, new psychoactive substances, online fraud, and online indecent images of children.

Next steps

Get in touch with research@homeoffice.gov.uk

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Areas of research interest relevant to the Home Office GOVUK

Related UKRI funded projects

  • FINDER: Forensic Identification via Non-Destructive Evidence Retrieval

    Smytec Ltd has created a ground-breaking Forensic Imaging technology, removing the need for old fashioned fingerprint retrieval methods and replacing these with a high-tech solution. Smytec aims to bring fingerprint evid...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on automatic processing and additional information retrieval from fingerprints, fully addressing the question.

  • Automatic Finger and Palm Print Matching Using Multiple Features

    "This proposal is concerned with the development of an algorithm that makes Automatic Fingerprint Identification Systems faster and more accurate. These systems are used to match full or partial finger and palm prin...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project addresses automatic fingerprint matching, partially relevant to the question.

  • Sheffield Hallam University and Consolite Technology Limited

    To develop design procedures, a design tool and prototype of an innovative fingerprint recovery system to prevent cross contamination of DNA at crime scenes for use in forensic investigation....

    Funded by: Innovate UK

    Why might this be relevant?

    The project focuses on preventing cross-contamination of DNA at crime scenes, not directly related to fingerprint processing.

  • Reliable biomeTric tEchNologies to asSist Police authorities in cOmbating terrorism and oRganized crime

    TENSOR will provide LEAs a platform that facilitates the biometric evidence extraction, sharing and storage in cross border environments allowing them to share best practices in an automated, robust, secure, privacy-pres...

    Funded by: Horizon Europe Guarantee

  • At scene of crime DNA characterisation

    Forensic science is an important tool in the fight against crime and this proposal will build on cutting edge research to create technology that will revolutionise the way DNA fingerprinting can be used at crime scenes t...

    Funded by: EPSRC

  • White Light Interferometry as a method for determining the volume/mass of fingerprints.

    The applicants, Intelligent Fingerprinting Limited, have developed a technology that is capable of using a fingerprint to test whether a person has had a drug in their bloodstream. This is a cheap, quick and non-invasive...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

  • Non-invasive Testing for Drugs in Fingerprints to Address an Unmet Need of Coroners

    Each year over 120,000 bodies are released by UK Coroners without toxicology screening. This is due to the inability to take the invasive body fluid/tissue samples required without calling for a costly post-mortem. Howev...

    Funded by: Innovate UK

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