Table 1 Fingermark grading scale system
From: Nanocarbon powder for latent fingermark development: a green chemistry approach
Grade | Description |
|---|---|
0 | Fully smudged outline of a mark or no evidence of mark |
1 | Presence of several ridges and cannot lead to identification |
2 | Major part of the mark is smudged, several ridge details are present and analysis cannot be performed |
3 | Minor part of mark is smudged, most ridge details are visible and analysis can be performed |
4 | Full mark and ridge details are clearly visible, some ridge lines maybe thinned or smudged but identifiable mark |
5 | Full mark and all ridge details are clearly visible; identifiable mark |