Features of fingerprint signs in persons who have committed serial murders
The article analyzes the features of the types of papillary patterns of fingers in persons who have committed serial murders, in comparison with the same signs in law-abiding citizens. Statistically (p<0.05) and practically significant differences (>5 times) were established by the types of patterns of individual fingers and, in general, at the level of the main fingerprint formula. The possible causes of the observed phenomenon are analyzed. The results of the study are valuable for narrowing the circle of persons being checked for involvement in the commission of particularly serious crimes, increasing the objectivity of complex psychological and psychiatric examinations and preventing delinquency.