Footwear and Foot Impressions: Foot Impressions and Linking Foot to Shoe

Abstract

Barefoot impression evidence may be used to link a person to a shoe or foot impression found at a crime scene. The analysis of barefoot impressions involves the examination and comparison of the morphology and test impressions of the foot, to the questioned crime scene impression. Although a lesser known type of physical evidence, barefoot evidence has proven to be a valuable aid in criminal casework.