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 Introduction
The
Value of Shoemarks
Recovery
from Scenes
Recovery
from Suspects
Archiving
the information
Conclusion
The
Advantages of the TreadMark™ System
The history of shoe marks as a form of identification is older than that of
fingerprints as an early recorded case of identification dates back to the 18th
Century. - This was a case about 1792 when a body was found in a field. Nearby
were some boot marks and it was noted that there was an unusual mark on one
boot impression caused by a worn nail. A suspect was later found and his boots
examined. The subsequent identification of the damage mark on the sole of the
boot led to his conviction for murder.
Fingerprint identification really started in the U.K. in 1901 when Scotland Yard
formed the first Bureau. In subsequent years as the value of fingerprints was
realised so other forces formed their own bureaux. Identification relied
heavily on the expert some of whom were quite amazing in their ability to
‘identify’ marks from crime scenes. Forces would send fingerprints of suspects
found at scenes to Scotland Yard for searching and in fact this still happens.
In the beginning the fingerprint bureau in London held about 4000 sets of
fingerprints. Today that has grown to over 4.5 million.
There is a belief that the majority of criminals commit crime within a small
radius of their own homes. Now that people travel about far more this may no
longer be true. Happily the use of computerised equipment to do initial
searching, to transfer prints from one area to another or to search a larger
National Database has made things a lot easier.
Can shoeprints be used in a similar manner?
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