Biometric Identifier

Ever heard the saying along the lines of “everyone is unique in their own way”? When it comes to biometric, that saying is very accurate due to the fact that uniqueness the basic premise of biometrics. Biometrics is one of the most effective technologies that is used to distinguish the variances between individuals (Cantore, 2011). Biometrics focuses on the minor and major differences of individuals by using many diverse methods, techniques, and features. Throughout the years, biometrics has been used to authenticate and verify individuals’ identities. In this paper I will be explaining what biometrics is as well as describing its effectiveness, accuracy, and legality. I will also examine court cases involving biometrics and give my opinion on its’ purpose in the field of criminal justice.

Biometrics technology aims at utilizing major and distinctive characteristics such as behavioral or biological, for the sake of positively indentifying people. With the help of a combination of hardware and specific identifying sets of rules, a basic human attribute, automated biometric recognition mimics to distinguish and categorize other people as individual and unique. But the challenges surrounding biometrics are great as well.

During the identification phase, the user puts the finger on the same sensor, generating a new fingerprint image or template called query print. Minutiae points are carried out from the query print, and the matcher module compares the set of query minutia with the stored minutia templates or image in the enrollment database to find the number of similar minutia points. Because of variations present in finger placement and pressure applied to the sensor, the minutia points take out from the template and query fingerprints must be lined up, or submitted before matching. After line up the fingerprints, the matcher decides the number of pairs of matching minutiae-two minutiae points that have similar location and directions. The system decides the user's identity by comparing the match score to a

In July of 1999 the fingerprint was introduced into the IAFIS. The FBI had so many fingerprints on file that in order to convict someone it would take years for them to be able to match a fingerprint. This database created a way for it to be completed faster and more efficient. The data is taken first with directly indefinable characteristics (name, social security, address, telephone number, email, biometric identifiers, photography) and then entered in the with non-indefinable characteristics (gender, race, birthdate, license number) to create personal file. The database is maintained by the FBI to keep all of the fingerprints in line. But, many agencies (federal, state, local and foreign) can use the database on order to make sure a suspect isn't linked with any other crimes and to identify the

Airport racial profiling, Osama Bin Laden, Middle East Asian, Muslims, 9/11, metal detectors, racial profiling and hijacking” Do these words and phrases sound familiar? It is likely most of us have been at least tried once in our lifetime going through the security checking process at the airport. Do people find this inconvenient or it is beneficial to everyone’s safety? However, this security checking process is not too convenient for particular targeted group, which are the Muslims. In this paper, the main focus is to discuss about terrorism and the related anti-terrorism measures, such as racial profiling; and how do these policy affect the targeted group. After the terrific 9/11 attacks, every country has strengthened their own

A program in 2008 called Secure Communities was launched with the purpose of focusing on illegal immigration of “serious convicted criminals” (Esquivel, 2012, p. 1). In this program, the FBI shares fingerprints from county jails with the U.S. Immigration and Customs

Besides, our personal security application is also valuable as a security information collector. At the scene of the crime or a potential one, our application can collect visual, acoustic data at the site rapidly before the evidence disappears in a twinkling and record inconspicuous details which might be ignored at beginning but later on could become the crucial evidence. One of the Homeland Security Department’s five crucial responsibilities is securing borders of United States. It includes Southern border, Northern border, and air and sea ports. Every year, DHS apprehends and deports more than one million illegal immigrants. In 2009, DHS announced a new initiative to build up security on the Southwest border, in a bid to disrupt the drug,

We live in a world today, in which technology moves at a very rapid pace. Many of these technological advances can be used to make our everyday lives easier and safer. One of these new technologies is Biometrics. Biometrics is the process of measuring a person’s physical properties. This would include measuring things like fingerprints, retinas, odor, vein structure on the back of the hand and many other things. Biometrics is a very important topic because it would create better security precautions for certain places that need to be secure. Biometrics will make our society safer by only allowing authorized people out of secure facilities and by keeping the unauthorized people out. Throughout the rest of this

Wickins’s concern is that biometric identification will affect the lives of many, more than any other technology thus far. Therefore, Wickins’s considers the possibility of excluding some of the population for the use of identity card should continue to be researched further until fully examined. The author writes that until then; biometric identity will unintentionally discriminate against individuals, creating an unethical exclusion of people. Furthermore, the author explores some of the ways social exclusion will come about through the use of biometric identity while at the same time analyzing how injudicious it is to use biometric identity for the masses at the risk of excluding the

The automated Fingerprint Identification System is also known as the AFIS within the law enforcement division (FBI, 2010). This system is an important element in the criminal justice system as some of its features encompass the storing of data, encoding, and fingerprint and facial comparison through graphics and other techniques. Law officials many centuries ago in the pursuit of positively identifying someone suspected of guilt have long used fingerprints techniques. Fingerprinting is also used in branches of our government, and in the Pentagon, the authentication method of fingerprints is used permit access to specified zones inside the building. Fingerprints are an effective and very precise method of identification purposes that does not pose

Distinguishable characteristics are things about a subject that makes it unique and unlike other things.

Alternative strategies that can be used to enhance border security can be effective collection, use, and sharing of intelligence by exploiting networked intelligence. This should be done by sharing both biographic and biometric information

The term paper for this class will discuss a topic that everyone has on his or her body. That topic will cover the all important fingerprint. This paper will accomplish that by reviewing the history, the patterns of, different ways to obtain, and the different uses for the individual 's unique fingerprint.

What do we define as biometrics, is it something which can be emulated by another being or is it absolutely unique to one’s self that it can never be copied and disturbed for others to use? By definition, “Biometrics” is derived from the Greek words “bio” meaning life and “metrics” meaning to measure. By today’s standards, Biometrics uses cutting-edge technologies to identify terrorists and criminals. (Nadeau) Many revolutionary ideas regarding Biometrics have been based on ideas which were originally conceived hundreds, maybe even thousands of years ago. Since the early days of man, we have been practicing to distinguish other humans based on intrinsic physical or behavioral traits. Early Babylonian and Chinese merchants kept records of: fingerprints, palm prints, and even footprints to manage business transactions and census records.

Biometrics is used in many places and there is a bright future for them. Coca Cola has recently replaced time card system with hand scanning machines. Finger print scanners are being used in many states of the US. They have been used to trace social welfare fraud. An iris pattern identification system is being used in Cook County, Illinois to ensure that right people are released from jail. ATM machines have been installed with finger scanners to prevent theft and fraud in Indiana (Jain, 2005).