This volume examines the history, biology, methodology, and current practices of fingerprint analysis, or ridgeology, including discussion of friction ridge identification pioneers, the histology of friction skin, poroscopy, edgeoscopy, pressure distortion, and complex or problem print analysis. Ashbaugh, a Staff Sergeant with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police with 25 years of forensic identification experience, has also designed a method of palm line identification which he describes. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)