ABNORMALITY OF HAIR DUE TO DISEASES, ETC, AS AN AID TO IDENTIFICATION - A REVIEW

• NCJ Number: 16553
• Journal: International Criminal Police Review Issue: 275 Dated: (FEBRUARY 1974) Pages: 37-45
• Author(s): A N PRASAD
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 9 pages
• Corporate Author: International Criminal Police Organization
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: France
• Note: PAPER PRESENTED AT THE 7TH ALL INDIA IDENTIFICATION OFFICERS' CONFERENCE, BANGALORE, MAY 1971.

Annotation

THE DIVERSE NATURE OF ABNORMALITY ON HAIR SHAFTS ESPECIALLY THAT DUE TO DISEASES CAN BE AN AID, ACCORDING TO THE AUTHOR, IN IDENTIFYING SUSPECTS BY COMPARING HAIR SAMPLES.

Abstract

MANY DIFFERENT HAIR DISEASES ARE DESCRIBED AND ARE ACCOMPANIED BY PHOTOGRAPHS. THESE DEFORMITIES INCLUDE ABNORMALITY DUE TO NODULAR DISEASES, ALOPELIA, ABNORMALITY IN THE FORM OF GENERALIZED DYSTROPHY WHICH AFFECTS ALL BODY HAIRS, FUNGUS INFECTIONS, PEDICULOSIS CAPITIS, ABRUPT NARROWNESS, AND OTHER ANOMOLIES.