The idea of The Fingerprint Sourcebook originated during a meeting in April 2002.
Individuals representing the fingerprint, academic, and scientific communities met in Chicago, Illinois, for a day and a half to discuss the state of fingerprint identification with a view toward the challenges raised by Daubert issues.
The meeting was a joint project between the International Association for Identification (IAI) and West Virginia University (WVU).
One recommendation that came out of that meeting was a suggestion to create a sourcebook for friction ridge examiners, that is, a single source of researched information regarding the subject.
This sourcebook would provide educational, training, and research information for the international scientific community.
428 pages.