Fingerprint Evidence (Featuring Associate Professor Simon Cole)

Fingerprint evidence was introduced in the court system over 100 years ago. But how reliable, really, is its use in identifying the actual perpetrator of the crime? Associate Professor Simon Cole, Department of Criminology, Law and Society, studies the interaction between science and the law, specializing in fingerprint identification in the justice system. Learn more about the research going on in the Department of Criminology, Law and Society at