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Type of Article:  Original Research

Volume 8; Issue 2.3 (June 2020)

Page No.: 7531-7538

DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.16965/ijar.2020.150

FORENSIC APPLICATION OF HAND AND FOOT BIOMETRICS AS MODELS FOR HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND SEX DETERMINATION AMONG GHANAIANS

Daniel Kobina Okwan 1, Chrissie Stansie Abaidoo *2, Joshua Tetteh 3, Atta Kusi Appiah 4.

1 Department of Anatomy School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

*2 Department of Anatomy School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

3 Department of Anatomy School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

4 Department of Anatomy School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana.

Corresponding Author: Chrissie Stansie Abaidoo, Department of Anatomy School of Medicine and Dentistry, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, Tel: +233 208 126 817, E-Mail: knustsmsanat@gmail.com

ABSTRACT

Hand and footprints recovered from crime scenes are important for identification in criminal investigations.  Unlike Ghana, developed countries have well-established data on population-specific hand and footprint dimensions for identification in anthropometric, biometric and forensic studies.  This study therefore aimed at determining the relationship between hand and footprint dimensions, height, weight and sex in Ghana.  A total of 118 participants aged 17 to 35 years participated in the study.  Height, weight, hand and footprint dimensions were taken and analysed.  Males were significantly taller, heavier and had generally greater anthropometric parameters than females.  Generally, in both hand and footprint dimensions, bilateral asymmetry existed with the right parameters being greater than the left parameters. However, the left handprint length was longer than the right.  The best parameters for height estimation were left handprint length and left pternion-toe 1 length.  The best predictors of weight were right handprint length and breadth, right pternion-toe 2 length, right footprint breadth at heel and right heel-ball index.  The most sexually dimorphic parameters among the hand and footprint dimensions were right hand breadth, left footprint breadth at ball and left pternion-toe 1 length. Overall, footprint dimensions were better estimators of height and weight while handprint breadth predicted sex best.

Key words: Forensic, Sex, Handprint, Footprint.

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Cite this article: Daniel Kobina Okwan, Chrissie Stansie Abaidoo, Joshua Tetteh, Atta Kusi Appiah. FORENSIC APPLICATION OF HAND AND FOOT BIOMETRICS AS MODELS FOR HEIGHT, WEIGHT AND SEX DETERMINATION AMONG GHANAIANS. Int J Anat Res 2020;8(2.3):7531-7538. DOI: 10.16965/ijar.2020.150