Kotsyubynska Y. Comprehensive forensic assessment of anthroposcopic, anthropometric and dermatoglyphic parameters of the fingers to identify an unknown person

Established dermatoglific phenotype of ethno-territorial groups living in Ivano-Frankivsk region. It was found that the factor criteria for determining the general phenotypic traits in the studied ethno-territorial and sexual groups. Detected factor dermatoglific criteria of sexual dimorphism, ethno-territorial polymorphism and bilateral symmetry in research groups. Was discovered the complex of antroposkopic, anthropometric and dermatoglyphic signs that allowed to develop algorithm for predicting external recognition human features, using human dermatoglyphic parameters of middle and proximal phalanges of hands. The classification of skin patterns of the middle and proximal phalanges of the fingers (Shpak LYu, 2003) was expanded and supplemented by the following morphological features, which can be ulnar (U) and radially (R) oriented: "combined linear" (L/S); "Wave/straight" (V/S); "Distal arch/straight" (Ad/S); "Proximal arc/straight" (Ap/S). The data obtained during the study of the phenotypes of the studied ethno-territorial groups were included in a computer identification program. Developed, tested and implemented in expert practice a method of obtaining dermatoglyphs of fingers and toes and a method of improving the image quality of dermatoglyphs of palms and feet and classification of skin patterns of the middle and proximal phalanges of the fingers. Key words: personal identification, dermatoglyphics, phenotype. Branch – medicine.