ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses human identification, the science and practice of forensic podiatry, and its role and purpose of forensic podiatry in assisting the criminal justice system to identify people and answer other legal questions through the application of podiatric knowledge. A thorough explanation of what is needed for evidential purposes, a discussion of class and individual characteristics, and a short explanation of the likelihood ratio approach to forming conclusions in the consideration of pedal evidence are provided. A discussion of evidence handling and the methodology that would be used that parallels that of other disciplines is given [including the analysis, comparison, and evaluation of the evidence with independent peer verification (ACE-V) approach].
