ch. 1. Introduction -- ch. 2. Postmortem (PM) fingerprint processing overview and workflow -- ch. 3. Basic postmortem fingerprint recovery techniques -- ch. 4. Advanced postmortem fingerprint recovery techniques -- ch. 5. Manual and digital acquisition of unidentified postmortem fingerprint records -- ch. 6. Overview of antemortem (AM) fingerprint records in the United States -- ch. 7. Submission of PM fingerprint records for automated fingerprint identification system (AFIS) searches and antemortem fingerprint record investigation -- ch. 8. Postmortem fingerprint record case management -- ch. 9. Cold case unidentified postmortem fingerprint records -- ch. 10. Postmortem fingerprint recovery during mass fatality incidents -- ch. 11. Future fingerprint trends, expectations, and research.