Subjecting Citizens to Being Fingerprinted and its Impact to Criminal Investigators

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Chapter 1 Essay
All citizens should be subjected to being fingerprinted before the age of 18 because fingerprints constitute one of the most permanent biometric attributes for civil identification. As illustrated by specific use cases, the interest in considering all people for fingerprint identification before they reach adulthood is necessary. First, all juveniles are part of a country's population, thus authenticating the need to incorporate them into biometric systems that support federal identification programs. Second, program vaccines leverage identity verification offered by fingerprints to mitigate the possibility of repeated administration of similar doses (Preciozzi et al. 1). Lastly, police departments can use fingerprint records for juvenile offenders based on the application confidentiality laws. Although taking children's fingerprints should be allowed, it should be done based on confidentiality laws, allowing access to crime victims, the public, the media, and schools in