Heel–Ball index: An analysis of footprint dimensions for determination of sex

Determination of sex from the footprints recovered at crime scenes can help the investigation by narrowing down the pool of possible suspects. The present research studies the dimensions of the heel and the ball in footprints, and derives the Heel–Ball (HB) index from these foot dimensions with the...

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Main Authors: Tanuj Kanchan, Kewal Krishan, Disha Prusty, Meghna Machado
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2014-06-01
Series:Egyptian Journal of Forensic Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2090536X14000161