Problems of Forensic Sciences 2001 Vol. 47 (XLVII) 168-174
IDENTIFICATION OF EAR IMPRESSIONS IN POLISH FORENSIC PRACTICE
Jerzy KASPRZAK
Central Forensic Laboratory of Polish Police, Warsaw, Poland
Streszczenie
The range of criminal investigation has grown in respect to the direct identification of an individual, and it is necessary to broaden interest in ear prints evidence found during the examination of a scene of the crime. The number of these scenes is systematically growing. The ear prints are usually being secured during the examination of burglary cities, homicides and bank robberies crimes which are occurring with the most frequency.
The subject of this article is ear research and ear identification in Poland. The research discussed above has led to creation of a set of useful practical methods of ear print analysis:
1. The method of determining common features.
2. The contour methods.
We can already recognise this, like a first step to establish “protocol” for carrying out a ear print expertise. The practical use of ear prints in detection work shows that the trace of this kind carries a huge amount of precious information which can be used in the reconstruction of the event, establishing versions and checking them and identifying suspects. Ear research was also carried out in the Netherlands and United Kingdom. The result of this research constitutes the proof of ear print individuality and also of usefulness in the trace for criminalistic identification.
Słowa kluczowe
Identification; Ear identification; Ear prints.