Biometrics solves the crimes: Science fiction or science fact?

5^th International Conference on Forensic Research & Technology

October 31-November 02, 2016 San Francisco, USA

Sherein Salah Ghaleb

Benisuef University, Egypt
Cairo University, Egypt

Posters & Accepted Abstracts: J Forensic Res

Abstract :

Biometric is any measurable, robust, distinctive, physical or behavioral characteristic of an individual that can be used to identify or verify the identity. There are two types of biometrics which fall in category of science facts that have many applications in forensic practice, they are: Physiological biometrics which include: Fingerprint, facial recognition, hand geometry, iris pattern and retinal scan and behavioral biometrics include: Voice recognition, signature verification and keystroke dynamics. Another types of biometrics which fall in category of science fiction as brain finger printing which is a scientific technique to determine whether or not specific information is stored in an individual's brain so as to identify the perpetrator, brain fingerprinting is a computer-based test that is designed to discover, document and provide evidence of guilty knowledge regarding crimes. Electrical brain responses can be a reliable indicator of information-processing activities in the brain. Event-related potentials (ERPs) are specific, simple, positive and negative voltage changes that take place during the information processing of a particular stimulus. These changes occur only when a person is selectively attentive to a stimulus, and they are elicited only in circumstances in which he/she is required to distinguish one stimulus (the target) from a group of other stimuli (the non-targets). P300 is a specific ERP component that has the potential for detecting concealed information in the brain. This testing determines objectively whether or not certain information is stored in the brain, regardless of any false or truthful statements the subject may or may not make about it. Brain finger printing has many applications in National security (counter terrorism), criminal justice system, medical diagnosis and others.

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