This badge has taken me far longer to complete than I think it should have done, given my penchant for police dramas. The science of fingerprinting - this goes much further than just which of the three main types you have got. I already knew how you can lift fingerprints (superglue in an enclosed space - thanks for that Beverly Hills Cop, - also sellotape, fingerprint dust), and where fingerprints can be found: on any smooth non-porous material. TV series will also show that you can attempt to rehydrate the skin on the finger tips, then ‘wear’ the fingertips like gloves to provide fingerprints. There are 3 main fingerprint types - arch (about 5%), loop (about 60%) and whorl (about 35%) - and they can be subdivided: pain arch, tented arch, radial loop, ulnar loop, central pocket loop, double loop, plain whorl, accidental whorl. I’ve made more notes about fingerprints in my Rebel Notebook, but as a final comment on this section I believe that my fingerprints include whorls, loops an...