Estimating actual foot size from a static bare foot print in a White British Population.
Estimate
Footprint
Inked
Length
Size
Static
Journal
Science & justice : journal of the Forensic Science Society
ISSN: 1876-4452
Titre abrégé: Sci Justice
Pays: England
ID NLM: 9508563
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
05 2019
05 2019
Historique:
received:
23
08
2018
revised:
19
12
2018
accepted:
20
01
2019
entrez:
6
5
2019
pubmed:
6
5
2019
medline:
7
1
2020
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
In forensic intelligence-gathering it would be useful to be able to estimate the size of a perpetrator's foot from a standing bare footprint found at the scene of crime. Currently, the advice is to add a fixed amount to the length of the footprint (typically 1.5 or 2.0 cm), but there is little evidence for this approach. This study used measured footprint and actual foot lengths from 146 participants from the white British student population of a University in the UK. Data were analysed using multiple regression with foot length as the dependent (outcome) variable and footprint length and sex as the independent variable/factor respectively. Sex was not a significant predictor. The regression equation for the best estimate of the foot length is 19.89 + 0.95 × print length ± 8 mm.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31054820
pii: S1355-0306(18)30250-8
doi: 10.1016/j.scijus.2019.01.003
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
317-321Informations de copyright
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