NCJ Number
146723
Journal
Journal of Forensic Identification Volume: 44 Issue: 1 Dated: (January-February 1994) Pages: 26-40
Date Published
1994
Length
15 pages
Annotation
This article discusses the use in forensic science of identification from chiropody records.
Abstract
Identification teams traditionally consist of dentists, x-ray personnel, fingerprint experts, and personal possessions experts. The 1982 International Disaster Identification Report recommended that teams should include police, medical, dental, and other experts, with the medical field containing forensic pathologists, forensic odontologists, radiologists, and anthropologists. This author would add to the list specialists in the interpretation of chiropody records. The article sets forth the purpose of chiropody records and their relevance to identification, and investigates whether a chiropodist can use chiropody to give an indicative identification of an individual. The author recommends that Forensic Science Agencies adopt identification from chiropody records as a routine procedure, with chiropody data compiled for all unknown bodies. Two tables, one diagram, references