20 November 2008
  THE TREADMARK™ SYSTEM OF ANALYSIS AND FOOTWEAR IDENTIFICATION

 Introduction
 The Value of Shoemarks
 Recovery from Scenes
 Recovery from Suspects
 Archiving the information
 Conclusion
 The Advantages of the TreadMark™ System

Introduction:
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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The Value of Shoemarks
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Recovery from Scenes
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Recovery from Suspects:
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Archiving the information
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Conclusion
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The Advantages of the TreadMark™ System
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