Forensic podiatry is "the application of podiatric knowledge and experience in forensic investigations. The science of footprints and gait analysis is a part of an emerging sub-discipline of forensic science known as forensic podiatry. Footprints can be encountered in several types of cases and crime scenes such as HBT (House Break-in and Theft), robbery, sexual assaults, hit and run, shoplifting, homicides, kidnapping, etc.
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Footprints can be recovered in the form of bare prints, shoeprints as well as a series of imprints. Footprints are one of the pieces of evidence encountered at the crime scene.
Gait analysis is known as 'the systematic study of human locomotion.' Forensic gait analysis or forensic gait comparison is defined as 'the assessment and evaluation of the gait patterns and features of the person/suspect and comparing these features with the scene of crime evidence for criminal/personal identification.' In other words, forensic gait analysis may be defined as a contributor to the identification process rather than one of the methods of identification as individualization of the gait of a person has not yet been fully scientifically proved.' The forensic gait analysis's general source or evidence comprises the series of footprints found at the crime scene and the closed-circuit television camera (CCTV) footage.
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