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Forensic Footprinting Project

Discussion in Forensic Analysis and Footprinting

Forensic analysis is very important in the police sector. Forensic footprint analysis is used

to resolve criminal civil and regulatory matters. Normally, footprints are found in crime scenes

what that means is that the footprint analysis has to be done to determine the cause of the

problem. The footprints may yield information and be used to tell the client they might have

been at the crime scene. This kind of evidence is usually called unknown evidence but can still

be used to give a link to the person who committed the evidence. The height of an individual

who participated in the crime scene can be evaluated and calculated from the foot size. The

French anthropologist and physician Paul Topiary made this discovery (Journal of Forensic

Sciences & Criminal Investigation, 2021). Indeed, this practice has been very practical in giving

a sense of direction to the detectives. Previously, there was research conducted that wanted to

confirm this. Three thousand male prisoners in England and Wales had their foot length divided

by 0.15. This research has been under many trials but the same results from the previous results.

Experiment Procedure

 Six adults from the Mardif police post in Dubai were used as the participants in this

experiment.

 The participants removed their shoes for the measurements to be taken. This gave the

researcher the chance to conduct the measurement of their feet.

 They then had to stand against the wall for this measureme4nt to be effected

appropriately.

 Measurements of the length of their feet were done from the wall at the tip of the big toe,

this was done to provide uniformity in measurements.

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 The measurement was recorded in inches and each of them divided by 0.15.

 The measurement was then recorded and later converted into inches and feet to give the

length of a person’s height in both dimensions.

 The actual height of the individuals was measured and recorded.

 The results were then recorded in the spreadsheet to confirm the length of a person’s foot

in both inches and feet.

Discussion of The Results

Forensic footprint analysis has proven to be very influential in crime research.

From the sizes of the feet that were measured, all of them directly translated to the required

height. Meaning that when the feet were measured, they were divided by 0.15. From the division,

the estimated length of the participant was determined. From the results, the estimated length of

the foot and the actual lengths of the feet were similar to each participant's actual height. For this

reason, most forensic technicians use the footprints to narrow down on the pull of suspects that

might have conducted any criminal activity (Giles & Vallandigham, 2019). Knowing the heights

has been efficiently used to guide forensic scientists on the next course they must follow. In

conclusion, when research is done about a particular suspect at a crime scene, the principle of

footprint analysis should utilize this method.

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References

Giles, E., & Vallandigham, P. H. (2019). Height Estimation from Foot and Shoeprint Length.

Journal of Forensic Sciences, 36(4), 13129J. https://doi.org/10.1520/jfs13129j

Journal of Forensic Sciences & Criminal Investigation. (2021). Juniperpublishers.com.

https://juniperpublishers.com/jfsci/