Why don’t you compare latent prints with victims?

We do compare the prints of victims of certain violent offenses, and in certain other circumstances where it would make sense to do so.  In most cases, however, we do not have the resources to do so simply for elimination purposes, especially in crimes against property.  Our main goal is to identify latent prints with potential suspects to link them to the crime being investigated, or to exclude possible suspects as the depositors of those latent prints.