Lip Prints of Students in a Medical College - A Observational Study as a Guide to Crime Detection
Abstract: Background: Knowledge of criminals about modern techniques used in crime detection by using finger prints has forced the criminals to be cautious while committing crime to mask their finger prints.1In these circumstances the identification of criminals using standard method finger print may fail to identify the criminals. In such incidences the investigators can rely on the lip print available at the crime scene. Materials and Methods: An observational study was undertaken on 300 male and 300 female students of JJM medical college. The lip prints of total 600 students was obtained and observed carefully to identify the various patterns and analysed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 20. Results: In males Type I? (41.667%) lip pattern is most common which is followed by Type I (22.333%), Type V (18%), Type II (10.667%), least common is Type III and Type IV (3.667% each). In females also Type I? (59.333%) lip pattern is most common followed by Type II (13.333%), Type V (9%), Type IV (8.333%), Type I (6.667%) and least common is Type III (3.333%). It is observed the most common pattern both in males and females was Type I? Conclusion: The study provides a promising results and concludes that lip prints like finger prints is unique for each and every individuals and therefore can be used for personal identification.
Keywords: Lip prints, Finger prints, Tsuchihashi classification, cheiloscopy
How to Cite?: Dr. Manjappa .T, "Lip Prints of Students in a Medical College - A Observational Study as a Guide to Crime Detection", Volume 12 Issue 7, July 2023, International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), Pages: 1662-1667, https://www.ijsr.net/getabstract.php?paperid=SR23722102150, DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.21275/SR23722102150