Volume : III, Issue : VII, July - 2014

Gait Pattern Significance in Forensics: A Review

Ms. Manashree Mane

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Tracking through gait pattern is an art. It is practiced in various parts of India by certain families. The trackers are known as Khojis. Police forces have utilized them for tracking criminals. Some of them have joined police forces. They follow track of individuals, animals or drag marks or even stick marks. They know the peculiarities of foot, distances, angles and pressures in foot, footwear and allied marks. Gait pattern has been studied scientifically. Individual foot or footwear marks are seldom clear in sandy places, but gait pattern is usually distinct. Hence it is more useful for study.

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Ms. Manashree Mane Gait Pattern Significance in Forensics: A Review International Journal of Scientific Research, Vol : 3, Issue : 7 July 2014

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