Shoe Tire Impression

Latent and/or patent impressions of feet, shoes, or tires have to exist at every crime until perpetrators master levitation into and out of the scenes. This type of evidence, like most represented in this bibliography is affected by topics addressed in other sections. Probably most affected by good crime scene search planning is the preservation of shoe and tire impressions. One of the first protocols learned by crime scene technicians is the establishment of a single path of access/egress for the crime scene. The purpose of the path is to avoid destroying questioned impressions or adding to those in other parts of the scene. Impression may be made of a variety of matrices addressed in sections on Blood and Body Fluids and Geoarchaeology and Soil Science. Assessment of the crime scene prior to the search for and discovery of impression evidence may benefit from research addressed in Criminal and Cultural Behavior...