Friction ridge analysis in disaster victim identification (DVI): Brazilian case studies

• Main Authors: Marco Antonio de Souza (Author), Gabriel de Oliveira Urtiaga (Author), Renata Cristina Grangeiro Ferreira (Author), Luciene Marques da Silva (Author), Jade Kende Gonçalves Umbelino (Author), Flávio Roberto de Melo (Author), Simone de Jesus (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Oxford University Press, 2021-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Depending on the magnitude and nature of a disaster, identifying the victims can be a complex task that requires coordinated work by disaster victim identification (DVI) teams based on pre-established protocols. Thus, the analysis of fingerprints has been presented as a method to establish, when pos...