Biometrics as a Means of Criminal Evidence and Criminal Justice (Brainprinting as a Model)

Jandari, Omar Hilal

doi:10.63677/jqlap.2025.187841

Biometrics as a Means of Criminal Evidence and Criminal Justice (Brainprinting as a Model)

https://doi.org/10.63677/jqlap.2025.187841

Volume 16, Issue: 2 part 1 - Serial Number 2
Summer 2025

Pages 111-128

AL-Qadisiya Journal For Law and Political Sciences

Document Type : Research Paper

Author

Omar Hilal Jandari

Presidency of the University of Mosul

Abstract

The research discusses a recent topic related to criminal proof, which is "brain fingerprinting," which has begun to take up a wide space in criminal proof, especially in major and serious crimes such as the crime of terrorism. As well as in special discussions about the concepts of brain fingerprinting, its tests, and its place in the criminal field, in relation to the rights of the accused and his human dignity, through two sections, the first section discussed the topic of the conceptual framework for brain. The problem of the research was to demonstrate the extent to which brain fingerprinting can contribute to revealing the truth through the information stored in the accused’s brain? Explaining the extent of its legitimacy and its impact on the rights and dignity of the accused, and can it be considered a work of technical expertise to be used in revealing the truth? In the light of the research problem, a number of findings and recommendations were made.

Keywords

Biometrics

Criminal Evidence

Criminal Justice

Brain Fingerprinting