Tatyana Chistikina

In the practice of the law enforcement bodies often need identification of unidentified corpses. Medical dermatoglyphics allows the identification of a person by examining the patterns of skin on the palmar surface of the hands and soles of the feet. Lack of knowledge about the possibilities of the method and the lack of medical dermatoglifiki in the regulations on the identification of unidentified corpses information about this method make it difficult to identify. Application of medical dermatoglifiki - study of skin patterns palmar surface of the fingers and hands of man, methods and techniques used in modern dermatoglyphics, for the activities of forensic experts for the purpose of identification of unidentified corpses for the disclosure and investigation of crimes against life and health.

The article discusses the main features of dermatoglyphics constitution stop the population of Tyumen re-gion.