Footwear Impression Evidence: Detection, Recovery and Examination, SECOND EDITION

William J. Bodziak

CRC Press, Sep 17, 1999 - Law - 528 pages

Reviewed and recognized as the most authoritative source in the field, this book describes the methods used worldwide to recover and identify footwear impressions from the scene of a crime.

In this new edition, everything, including the original twelve chapters, bibliography, appendix, etc., has been clarified, updated and expanded. This edition includes updated and new information on recovery procedures and materials such as lifting, photography and casting; chemical enhancement; updated information about footwear manufacturing; footwear sizing; and known impression techniques and materials.

WHAT’S NEW IN THE SECOND EDITION:

Besides updating and expanding the twelve original chapters, Footwear Impression Evidence: Detection, Recovery and Examination, Second Edition adds three new chapters: one chapter on barefoot evidence, which concerns impressions made by the naked or sock-clad foot or those which remain in abandoned or discarded footwear; another new chapter on several cases in which the footwear impression evidence was of primary importance in bringing about a conviction or confession; and finally, a new chapter on the footwear impression evidence in the O.J. Simpson criminal and civil cases.

Contents

• Awareness Detection and Treatment of Footwear: 1
• Formation of Footwear Impressions: 7
• Finding Footwear Impressions at the Scene of the Crime: 17
• General Treatment of Impressions: 24
• Casting ThreeDimensional Footwear Impressions: 59
• 4: 99
• Footwear Sizing: 179
• Manufacturing Processes of Synthetic Soled Shoes: 197
• Known Shoes of Suspects and the Preparation of Known: 279
• Test Impressions of Known Shoes: 285
• Summary: 306
• Class and Identifying Characteristics: 329
• Comparison of the Questioned Impression with: 357
• Examination of the Questioned Impression: 365
• Results: 372
• The Footwear Impression Examiner in Court: 375
• Impressions of the Foot: 381
• Some Case Applications: 413
• The Footwear Impression Evidence in: 431
• References: 459
• Glossary: 475
• Appendix: 483

Bibliographic information

• Title: Footwear Impression Evidence: Detection, Recovery and Examination, SECOND EDITION; Practical Aspects of Criminal and Forensic Investigations
• Author: William J. Bodziak
• Edition: 2, revised
• Publisher: CRC Press, 1999
• ISBN: 0849310458, 9780849310454
• Length: 528 pages
• Subjects: Law / Forensic Science