ALTERNATİF BİR KİMLİKLENDİRME METODU: POROSKOPİ

Fingerprints are among the most important evidences found at the erime scene. Since fingerprints can not be changed, vvill remain unehanged, are unique and can be classified, are among the most important evidences used in solving crimes. Poroscopy is a method vvhich uses the relative locations of pores, which are the sweat gland openings on the skin surface forming the friction ridges found on the palmar site of hands and feet. Poroscopy is a subsidiary subject of fingerprint identification. On the vvorld especially in developed countries, fingerprints are being examined in three levels. First Level: It ineludes the main print patterns like lasso, vvirbel and does not contain sufficient number of features to be used in identification. Second Level: This level is ineluding some features about shapes and numbers of friction ridges, such as (bifurcation, dot, lake ...) and identification is conducled according to these characteristic features. Third Level: This level is ineluding details about small shapes found on friction ridges (edgescopy), unit friction ridge thickness, and relative locations of pores (poroscopy). The details contained in this levels are used alvvays together with second level features and can also be used to perform identification if there is not sufficient number of second level features. İst and 2nd level standarts are being used in our country but not 3rt level. If we consider the average rate 25-30% of fingerprints vvhich are not suitable for elassification and comparison among ali fingerprints colleeted at erime scene and if we take into a account that the reliability of the classified and comparable fingerprints vvill also be investigated by the cross-examination procedure Abstract Alternatif Bir Kimlikleme Metodu: Poroskopi 17 vvhich is recently entered in our law, the importance of the study of pores and the importance of use of pores together with 2nd level and alone to establish an identification is obviously appearent.