Development of revealing powder for the powdering technique using Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L.
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https://doi.org/10.5902/2179460X85634Keywords:
Forensics, Criminal fingerprinting, Fingerprints, Sebaceous printsAbstract
Due to the low rate of crimes solved in Brazil, there is a need to develop and/or enhance techniques that make it possible to solve crimes, identifying and holding the culprit accountable. Within this context, criminal fingerprinting is the most widely used technique for revealing latent fingerprints present at crime scenes. However, the technique uses toxic substances, which are expensive and limited to certain surfaces. Therefore, the main objective of this work is to develop a natural revealing powder using Hibiscus rosa-sinensis L. that can be used in forensic examinations, correcting the problems of current powder developers. The revealing powder was produced by grinding the species used until it reached a suitable particle size. It was then applied to glass, plastic and metal surfaces to analyze its effectiveness in identifying natural and sebaceous latent fingerprints in the short and long term. The revealing powder was totally efficient on the metal surface, identifying all the fingerprints and their characteristic points, but for the glass surface, it only showed satisfactory results for the sebaceous prints. On the other hand, the revealing powder was not as effective on plastic surfaces. As a result, it can be concluded that the revealing powder produced was totally effective on metal surfaces, partially effective on glass surfaces and not effective on plastic surfaces.
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