Still, she said it's important that states move to biometric identifiers, such as fingerprints, to maintain more accurate records of offenders and their whereabouts.The article covers a lot more ground than it is fair to copy and paste. It also begs important questions.
"Criminals are constantly thinking of ways to beat the system," she said. "The system is never going to be perfect."
Rebovich is hoping the study will spur new methods for checking up on sex offenders, including techniques that would seem familiar to those who work in financial fraud. In a model developed by Utica and ID Analytics, offenders could be given a score, similar to a credit score, which would rate the likelihood that identity manipulation was occurring.
Given that ID management perfection isn't an option, what approximation of perfection is desirable?
What costs are worth bearing?
The Utica College Center for Identity Management and Information Protection is to be commended for their work.
If you're here, you'll probably want to read the whole thing.
See also:
Utica College Center for Identity Management and Information Protection
and Biometrics "Fix" Identity - Even if there is fraud in the identification process, biometrics can be used to fix a single identity upon an individual.
