One single footprint means an outstanding amount of data. Direction of travel, the type or even brand of footwear, the approximate moment the track has been made, the genre and approximate age/height and weight of the owner, the potential presence of rucksacks, bags and heavy objects like weapons. Forensics consider the sole like the DNA. By cuts, erosions, overstress the … [Read more...] about Clues From The Ground
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How to set the perfect EDC
Introduction "The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability." Henry FordAn urban environment is structured into different layers. Some of them are related to convenience, others to danger. Living in a metropolitan dimension doesn't necessarily mean to be too much naive to be aware of constant threaths you and … [Read more...] about How to set the perfect EDC
Footwear Evidence and Surveillance
Introduction The art of reading and interpreting human tracks and signs has proved to be crucial for the resolution of some crime scenes. The starting point is Doctor Edmond Locard's principle, which states that “every contact leaves a trace”. By that, each single context (either outdoor either indoor) has been interested by the passage of one or more … [Read more...] about Footwear Evidence and Surveillance
Forensic Tracking
Most of us are pretty much acquainted with forensic procedures on Crime scenes, thanks to TV series such as C.S.I., Criminal Minds and, coming back in time, Twin Peaks. The newspapers quite daily offer us the details of murders taken place both indoor and outdoor, in an unceasing attempt to feed our apparent curiosity. So we can consider ourselves quite familiar with the … [Read more...] about Forensic Tracking
Tracking Skills Applied To Survival
All through the centuries, Tracking skills didn't changed at all. This art, infact kept the same rules and procedures. Observation is the core of Tracking. Observation not only allows you to develop a huge awareness of any specific scenario you are in (either urban and outdoors), but it provides all the elements necessary to reconstruct what really happened in a … [Read more...] about Tracking Skills Applied To Survival