What role have fingerprint databases had in CSI?

What role have fingerprint databases had in CSI?

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For example, the automated fingerprint identification system which is run by the FBI allows a crime scene investigator to go to a crime scene and perhaps find a fingerprint. They can then take that fingerprint back to the police lab and have that fingerprint entered into the computer system of IAFIS. It's then searched against the 50 million or so individuals and perhaps we can identify a suspect through that kind of technology.