A Study of Correlations and Estimation of Stature from Foot Trace and Shoe Trace Dimensions

Authors: Ekezie J*, Ndubuka GI, Danborno SB, Okeke SN and Osuchukwu IW

DOI: 10.23880/ijfsc-16000113

Volume 1, Issue 3

Abstract

In crime investigations, Forensic experts may be left with only foot prints or shoe print or even shoes left at the scene to carry out their investigations. In the present study, an attempt was made to derive regression formula to determine stature using foot trace dimensions and shoe trace dimensions of randomly selected persons from a pull of 211 subjects age 16 - 45 years belonging to the Igbo ethnic group of Nigeria. The mean stature of the population was 167.55±9.10cm. Males were significantly taller than the females (p< 0.0001). In sexing the population, all the variables obtained for the right foot trace and the right shoe trace dimensions were statistically significant, p

Keywords: Stature; Correlations; Foot Trace; Shoe Trace

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