David R. Ashbaugh is a

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officer known for his extensive research on the friction ridge identification, introducing for the first time the use of the term ridgeology in forensic identification and the ACE-V methodology. David Ashbaugh also wrote and published a fundamental and essential reference book for the entire forensic identification community : Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis: An Introduction to Basic and Advanced Ridgeology.

Biography

David Ashbaugh was born on 11 March 1946. He worked for more than thirty years at the

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before retiring in 2004. During his career, he served more than twenty years as a certified forensic identification specialist. During his career, he contribute numerous articles to the field magazines and journals and made a lot of training around the world.

Work

David Ashbaugh made extensive research on the science of fingerprint identification. In the 80’s, he introduced in the field the ACE-V methodology for fingerprint identification, where ACE-V stand for Analysis, Comparison, Evaluation, and Verification.Ashbaugh, DR. Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis: An Introduction to Basic and Advanced Ridgeology, CRC Press, 1999 In 1983, Ashbaugh published the first article using the term ridgeology in forensic identification, creating also the terms level 1, level 2, and level 3 detail now in use in the identification community.Triplett M, Fingerprint Dictionary, Two Rings Publishing, Bellevue, Washington In 1999, he authored a book treating of ridgeology methods, poroscopy, edgeoscopy, pressure distortion, and more.

Awards

* Henry Medal (Finger Print Society of the United Kingdom) 2012 * John A. Dondero Award (

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, US) * Edward Foster Award (

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, Can) * William Donald Dixon Memorial Research and Essay Award (

) *

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* Order of Merit for Police Forces (Canada) * Commissioner's Commendation for Outstanding Service (Commissioner Royal Canadian Mounted Police) * Lewis Minshall Award (The Fingerprint Society of the United Kingdom) * The Good of the Association Award (

) * Canada 125 Medal (Government of Canada) * Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Commemorative Medal (Government of Canada) * Distinguished Member (

) * Identification Progress Award (Ontario Police College)

Books

* Ashbaugh, DR. Quantitative-Qualitative Friction Ridge Analysis: An Introduction to Basic and Advanced Ridgeology, CRC Press, 1999

References

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