1Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Management & Science University, Malaysia.
In forensic crime scene investigation, footprint is considered as an important physical evidence to solve crime puzzle. Stature determination from footprint/foot impression plays a vital role in establishing the identity. Footprints are found in many crime scenes. Researchers used to develop population specific regression equations to determine stature from two-dimensional foot impression/footprint for person identification during crime scene investigation. Hence, the present research probed the Kadazan Dusuns' stature with 2D foot impression, living in east Malaysia since no study conducted in this population relating these variables. Through random sampling technique, consented 100 males and 100 females with age ranged from 19 to 55 years have involved in this research. The height of the subjects was measured and then collected two-dimensional foot impressions, as done in my earlier research. The data were analysed statistically with SPSS software, and calculated correlation coefficient, standard error of estimate. The study finally developed population specific standards to predict stature from two-dimensional foot impressions among known [male, female] and unknown gender [pooled male and female samples] of the study population. The data were also analysed using scatter graphs relating the variables. The standards can be well applied in real crime scenes for person identification in forensic perspective.
Forensic Anthropology, Stature, 2D Foot Impression, Kadazan Dusun, Malaysian Borneo
