A study of morphological features of footprints in Egyptian and Malaysian population

Other Title(s)

دراسة الخصائص الشكلية لبصمات القدم في المجتمع المصري و الماليزي

Joint Authors

al-Banna, Asma S.
Abu Shiashah, Ghadah
Atif, Maram
Madkur, Sumayyah
Abd al-Sami, Hibah

Source

Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine

Issue

Vol. 2, Issue 1 (30 Jun. 2020), pp.42-56, 15 p.

Publisher

Naif Arab University for Security Sciences Arab Society for Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine

Publication Date

2020-06-30

Country of Publication

Saudi Arabia

No. of Pages

15

Main Subjects

Law

Abstract EN

Determination of sex and ethnicity is one of the main tasks in building the biological profile of individuals.

Keen examination of footprints that may be found at the crime scene can give valuable clues in forensic identification.

The current work aimed to study the footprint morphological features and their relation to sex and population difference.

The study was conducted on 200 adult volunteers.

They were divided into two equal racial groups: Malaysians and Egyptians.

The collected footprints were classified into four types based on relative morphological toes lengths.

Toes inter-distance, phalangeal marks position and number, humps count and Chippaux-Smirak index (CSI) were examined.

The frequency of these characteristics was analyzed statistically using regression analysis.

Among the studied morphological features, it was found that t3-t4 inter-distance, phalangeal marks number, humps count and CSI differed significantly between males and females.

As regards ethnicity, all footprints characteristics differed significantly between Egyptians and Malaysians except CSI.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Atif, Maram& Madkur, Sumayyah& al-Banna, Asma S.& Abu Shiashah, Ghadah& Abd al-Sami, Hibah. 2020. A study of morphological features of footprints in Egyptian and Malaysian population. Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine،Vol. 2, no. 1, pp.42-56.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1277714

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Atif, Maram…[et al.]. A study of morphological features of footprints in Egyptian and Malaysian population. Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine Vol. 2, no. 1 (Jun. 2020), pp.42-56.
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American Medical Association (AMA)

Atif, Maram& Madkur, Sumayyah& al-Banna, Asma S.& Abu Shiashah, Ghadah& Abd al-Sami, Hibah. A study of morphological features of footprints in Egyptian and Malaysian population. Arab Journal of Forensic Sciences and Forensic Medicine. 2020. Vol. 2, no. 1, pp.42-56.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1277714

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Record ID

BIM-1277714