Fingerprinting Forensics

The is a pretty well known Phenomena known as 'The CSI effect." This phenomena lets people think they know all about forensics and they think forensic evidence is a seal all prove all. Well here's some food for thought:

• Fingerprinting is hard and getting a reliable fingerprint is the hardest part
• The show CSI is false on many counts
• The part I look forward to least about becoming a police officer would be the forensics part.

I bring this up because one, I got to try fingerprinting in class today, and it sucked. And two, all the paperwork involved in a crime scene makes me cringe.