THE BASICS AND THE FUNCTIONS OF FINGERPRINTS OF MURDER PERPETRATORS

Abstract

Fingerprints as an evidence in the process of handling a criminal act, especially murder, is not a new thing because it is included in the legal evidence in accordance with relevant legislation. In the handling of murder crime, the identification process of the perpetrators is essential in order to know the perpetrators of crime and associated with a fingerprint of the murder perpetrator. Based on this, the authors propose fingerprints as the main evidence in murder crime. This study employed normative juridical approach method which means that in conducting research, besides looking at juridical side through looking at laws and regulations, the researchers also take a look at secondary data source such as law articles, various legal theories, as well as scientific work findings from scholars. The specification of this study is descriptive i.e. describing in detail, systematically and comprehensively thorough grouping, connecting, comparing and explaining about the fingerprint functions of murder perpetrators.

Keywords: Fingerprint, Criminal Perpetrator, Murder.