Problems of Forensic Sciences 2015 Vol. 103 (CIII) 219-231
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF FOOTWEAR IMPRESSION ANALYSIS IN THE IDENTIFICATION OF PERPETRATORS – CASEWORK EXAMPLES
Maciej ŚWIĘTEK
Institute of Forensic Research, Kraków, Poland
Streszczenie
The role of footwear impression analysis in the identification of perpetrators is discussed in the present paper against the background of three cases. The analysis of footwear impressions, which were amongst the evidences studied in these cases, helped in the reconstruction of the circumstances of the crimes in these cases. Moreover, in the presented cases, footwear evidences were found on atypical surfaces. Examples of commonly encountered types of cases involving the comparative analysis of footwear impressions as well as the analysis of a footwear trace created in a dynamic manner are presented. Moreover, an attempt to establish the direction in which a pedestrian was moving (walking) on a road when she was hit by a car is also described in the paper.
Słowa kluczowe
Footwear impression analysis; Footwear outsole impressions; Complex casework reports.