Foot Impressions

What type of evidence can impressions be classified as?

• Latent evidence

• Class evidence

• Individual evidence

• Both class and individual evidence

Which of the following characteristics could enable a shoe print to be used as individual evidence?

• The depth of the print

• The size of the shoe

• The wear on the shoe's sole

• The brand of the shoe

What can multiple shoe prints tell us about a person's movement?

• The direction of the wind

• The person's mood

• If someone was walking or running

• The type of surface they were walking on

What materials can be used to lift latent shoe prints?

• Water

• A soft brush

• Electrostatic dusting or gel

• Sandpaper

Shoe and tire marks impressed into soft earth can be best preserved by: 

• photographing and casting with dental stone

• photographing and then use of the electrostatic lifting technique.

• It is not possible to accurately preserve such markings

• dusting with powder

How can investigators preserve 3-D footprints in sand?

• By using a flashlight

• By spraying them with hairspray, then casting them in plaster

• By spraying them with water

• By using ultraviolet light

How can latent impressions be made visible?

• Using luminol, dusting, and electrostatic dusting

• Using luminol, dusting, and gel lifting

• Using dusting, electrostatic dusting, and gel lifting

• Using luminol, electrostatic dusting, and gel lifting

an impression left in soft material (clay, mud, putty, wax)

• patent print

• plastic print

• latent print

What type of evidence is impression evidence?

• Class Only

• Individual Only

• Trace Only

• Class and Individual, depending on the characteristics

This type of evidence is created when one object is pressed against another material with force.

• Impression Evidence

• Testimonial Evidence

• DNA Evidence

• Fiber Evidence