Skip to content
World 2 · Fingerprints: Loops, Whorls and Arches · 11 min · PRO

Minutiae: the tiny details that decide a match

Where the ridges end, split and dot

PRO · Forensic Science

World 2: Fingerprints: Loops, Whorls and Arches is part of PRO

The first world of Forensic Science is free. PRO opens the other 22 lessons in 6 worlds — simulations, quizzes and all.

  • Ridges on your fingertips: what makes a print
  • Loops, whorls and arches: three pattern families
  • How sure can we be? Uncertainty and examiner bias
  • Splitting a colour: how paper chromatography works
  • Rf values: putting a number on a colour
PRO includes
  • All 60 labs — every world, every lesson
  • Practice exams and certificates

$8.33/mo, billed yearly ($99.99) · or $39.99 monthly

Unlock Forensic ScienceTry the free world
My notes
Only saved in this browserAll my notes →
← Loops, whorls and arches: three pattern familiesHow sure can we be? Uncertainty and examiner bias →

Report a mistake

What is wrong?
0 / 2000 · at least 10 characters
Sent along with your report
  • Page
  • About Minutiae: the tiny details that decide a match — Forensic Science · forensics/minutiae
Plus your browser type. Reports go to our support system; see the privacy notice.