Individual characteristics of footprints among Malaysian Indians for person identification in forensic perspective

Determination of Stature From Handprint Anthropometry Among Malaysian Indians for Person Identification

“…Many Indians are involved in business and trade and the majority of the privately owned businesses. The age of the subjects is above 18 years, considered adult as indicated by the earlier researchers in Malaysia [12,[18][19]. Literature review shows that the height of a person and his body are closed related.…”

“…In Malaysia the scenario is different. Malaysia comprises various ethnic groups, living in different states with similar cultures and languages, viz Malay [20] people, Chinese people [21], and Indian [18] people (with sub-ethnics groups viz.. Telugu [11], Tamil [19], Malayalee [22], Punjabi, Gujarathi etc) mostly living in West Malaysia and other indigenous ethnic groups like Iban [23], Bidayau [24], Melanau [25], Kadasan Dusun [26] Lun Bawang [27] who were settled at East Malaysia or Malaysian Borneo. Thus this study developed population-specific regression equations to determine stature from handprints among Malaysian Indians and not Malaysians who are under mixed population.…”

Gender Determination from Toe Prints Among Kagay-Anons of Philippines for Forensic Application

“…Footprint has uniqueidentifying characteristiclike fingerprint that can be used for identification 1 regardless of complete or partial footprint 2 . But unlike the criminals hide the fingerprints by wearing gloves, it is cumbersome to avoid thefootprint at the crime scenes, while standing, walking or running [3][4] . During crime operations, some criminals tend to avoid wearing footwear to preventnoise that produces while walking and for better grip while climbing walls 5 .…”

“…During crime operations, some criminals tend to avoid wearing footwear to preventnoise that produces while walking and for better grip while climbing walls 5 . These crime scene footprints aid in the investigation for determination of stature [6][7][8] , and body weight [9][10] . Unlike fingerprint, footprint provides more information such as gender 4,7 , age 4 , number of individuals 3,4,7 , walking speed 1,4 , carrying load 1 and direction of movement 1 .…”

“…These crime scene footprints aid in the investigation for determination of stature [6][7][8] , and body weight [9][10] . Unlike fingerprint, footprint provides more information such as gender 4,7 , age 4 , number of individuals 3,4,7 , walking speed 1,4 , carrying load 1 and direction of movement 1 . Dermatoglyphics is the study of impression of hands and feet that have been utilized by the anthropologists and forensic scientists 11 .…”