Medico-Legal Update

  • Year: 2010
  • Volume: 10
  • Issue: 2

Establishing correlation of left bare foot print length while walking and stature in females–forensic aspects

  • Author:
  • Raju G.M., Vijayanath V., Anitha M.R.
  • DOI:
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* Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, J.J.M. Medical College, Davanagere, Karnataka, India.

** Department of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology, S.S.I.M.S & R.C Davanagere, Karnataka, India.

*** Department of Anatomy, S.S.I.M.S & R.C Davanagere, Karnataka, India.

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Abstract

Foot impressions can provide vital evidences and clues in a crime scene investigation by careful examination and collecting footprints at crime scene. Determination of stature is an important parameter of personal identification along with others like age, sex, race, etc. The present study is an attempt to examine the relationship between stature and left bare footprint length while walking of 500 females, in Karnataka of South India, population, age ranging from 18 to 21 years. Linear and multiple regression equations for stature estimation were calculated using the aforementioned variables and multiplication factors were computed. The correlation coefficients between stature and left bare footprint length while walking were found to be positive and statistically highly significant (p<0.001). The highest co- relation, co-efficient is (+ 0.69.) The regression of formulae was checked for their accuracy and reliability.

Keywords

Forensic Anthropology, Forensic science, stature, walking bare foot print, South India Population