1) To develop and lift fingerprints on different items that could be found at a crime scene in order to compare the lifts using these variables:

a) The developing technique

b) The item material

c) The surface of the item (smoothness and curvature)

d) The room the item would be found in
 

2) To develop a system of assigning a quantitative number to each fingerprint regarding clarity, detail of the ridges and how well it matches with the original print and to evaluate the effectiveness of this system using the above variables.