Types of Impressions
I am making this type of impression as I touch my hand to the table.
What is a latent impression?
This type of tire impression is always in a straight line.
What is a skid mark?
This is the measurement taken from center-to-center below the front bumper of the vehicle.
What is the front track width?
This is another name for the shoe tread.
What is the shoe's sole?
This makes latent bloody footprints (bloody footprints that have been cleaned up) visible.
What is Luminol?
I make this impression when I touch my homework after eating Hot Cheetos.
What is a patent impression?
These impressions often have diagonal striations.
What are tire scrubs?
This is the most accurate measurement used to measure vehicles.
What is a millimeter?
This is roughly what I can measure about a person when I measure the size of their shoe print impression.
What is the person's height?
This lifting method can reveal the fine dust left by a dry shoe.
What is electrostatic lifting?
This is the type of impression a Jeep leaves behind on a muddy dirty road.
What is a plastic impression?
This type of impression is curved, but still has visible rib and groove patterns.
What is yaw marks?
Pick-up trucks typically have a larger THIS to haul heavy loads.
What is a rear track width?
This is another name for a person's pattern of moving.
What is gait?
This can allow for multiple lifts of the same impression.
What is gel lifting?
This is a type of impression that is unique to you.
What is a fingerprint?
Tire marks are considered this type of impression.
What are patent impressions?
This is the distance between the vehicle's axles.
What is the wheel base?
What is at the heel?
This angle is used when photographing foot impressions to reduce distortion.
What is a perpendicular angle?
This is the type of impression my dirty shoes leave on my kitchen floor.
What is a patent impression?
This is the most reliable type of tire mark for identifying the vehicle.
What are skid marks?
This is the minimal space required for a vehicle to make a 360-degree turn.
What is the turning diameter?
These are 3 factors that personalize a shoe impression.
What are...
-the way the person walks
-body weight
-the shape of their foot
-unique holes, cuts, or debris of the shoe
-injury or handicap
-age of person
-size of stride
-person's activity
This method is used to re-create the shoe that leaves behind a plastic impression.
What is a casting method?