Stature, sex and weight estimation from footprint and foot outline dimensions of selected ethnic groups in Sarawak for forensic investigation

Footprints and foot outlines are physical and trace evidences commonly left at crime scene that can be used to establish stature, sex and body weight estimation. The aims of this study were to estimate population specific and sex-specific from footprints and foot outlines for stature and body wei...

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Main Author:	Khan, Hairunnisa Mohamad Anas
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2018
Subjects:	R Medicine
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spelling	my-usm-ep.568002023-03-01T02:54:38Z Stature, sex and weight estimation from footprint and foot outline dimensions of selected ethnic groups in Sarawak for forensic investigation 2018-09 Khan, Hairunnisa Mohamad Anas R Medicine RA1001 Forensic Medicine. Medical jurisprudence. Legal medicine Footprints and foot outlines are physical and trace evidences commonly left at crime scene that can be used to establish stature, sex and body weight estimation. The aims of this study were to estimate population specific and sex-specific from footprints and foot outlines for stature and body weight as well as sex estimation from ridge density counting of selected ethnic groups residing in Sarawak state, East Malaysia i.e Iban, Bidayuh, Melanau and Lun Bawang. The stature, body weight, footprints and foot outlines were recorded following the standard procedure. The measured data for both stature and body weight estimation and also the counted footprint ridges from the eight defined size of 25mm2 were analysed with SPSS 20 statistical software for linear regression formulae derivation and also sexing potentials estimation by Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. All of the footprint and foot outline lengths show significant (P<0.001) positive correlation with stature. One of the findings had shown extremely high correlation coefficient between footprint lengths of pooled samples (R: 0.861-0.887) with stature. In contrast, the positive significant (P<0.001) was only evident between breadth at ball of both footprint and foot outline dimensions with body weight. In footprints, the higher correlation coefficient was obtained between breadth at ball dimensions of pooled sample and body weight (R: 0.262 – 0.356). In sex estimation, the mean of footprint ridge density was significantly higher among females than males in all designated areas (P<0.05). One of the findings demonstrated total footprint ridge density was 91.6% from the right and 99.9% from the left foot respectively. In conclusion, footprints and foot outlines can help to determine criminal’s identity in forensic investigation. 2018-09 Thesis http://eprints.usm.my/56800/ http://eprints.usm.my/56800/1/Hairunnisa%20Mohamad%20Anas%20Khan-24%20pages.pdf application/pdf en public masters Universiti Sains Malaysia Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
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description	Footprints and foot outlines are physical and trace evidences commonly left at crime scene that can be used to establish stature, sex and body weight estimation. The aims of this study were to estimate population specific and sex-specific from footprints and foot outlines for stature and body weight as well as sex estimation from ridge density counting of selected ethnic groups residing in Sarawak state, East Malaysia i.e Iban, Bidayuh, Melanau and Lun Bawang. The stature, body weight, footprints and foot outlines were recorded following the standard procedure. The measured data for both stature and body weight estimation and also the counted footprint ridges from the eight defined size of 25mm2 were analysed with SPSS 20 statistical software for linear regression formulae derivation and also sexing potentials estimation by Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC) curve. All of the footprint and foot outline lengths show significant (P<0.001) positive correlation with stature. One of the findings had shown extremely high correlation coefficient between footprint lengths of pooled samples (R: 0.861-0.887) with stature. In contrast, the positive significant (P<0.001) was only evident between breadth at ball of both footprint and foot outline dimensions with body weight. In footprints, the higher correlation coefficient was obtained between breadth at ball dimensions of pooled sample and body weight (R: 0.262 – 0.356). In sex estimation, the mean of footprint ridge density was significantly higher among females than males in all designated areas (P<0.05). One of the findings demonstrated total footprint ridge density was 91.6% from the right and 99.9% from the left foot respectively. In conclusion, footprints and foot outlines can help to determine criminal’s identity in forensic investigation.
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qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Khan, Hairunnisa Mohamad Anas
author_facet	Khan, Hairunnisa Mohamad Anas
author_sort	Khan, Hairunnisa Mohamad Anas
title	Stature, sex and weight estimation from footprint and foot outline dimensions of selected ethnic groups in Sarawak for forensic investigation
title_short	Stature, sex and weight estimation from footprint and foot outline dimensions of selected ethnic groups in Sarawak for forensic investigation
title_full	Stature, sex and weight estimation from footprint and foot outline dimensions of selected ethnic groups in Sarawak for forensic investigation
title_fullStr	Stature, sex and weight estimation from footprint and foot outline dimensions of selected ethnic groups in Sarawak for forensic investigation
title_full_unstemmed	Stature, sex and weight estimation from footprint and foot outline dimensions of selected ethnic groups in Sarawak for forensic investigation
title_sort	stature, sex and weight estimation from footprint and foot outline dimensions of selected ethnic groups in sarawak for forensic investigation
granting_institution	Universiti Sains Malaysia
granting_department	Pusat Pengajian Sains Kesihatan
publishDate	2018
url	http://eprints.usm.my/56800/1/Hairunnisa%20Mohamad%20Anas%20Khan-24%20pages.pdf
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Stature, sex and weight estimation from footprint and foot outline dimensions of selected ethnic groups in Sarawak for forensic investigation

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