Gather Around and Discover the Impression Evidence at the Crime Scene

“There is no branch of detective science that is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps.”

This was simply stated by the fictional detective character, Sherlock Holmes from A Study in Scarlet written in 1881.

How important is impression evidence?

The short answer: It is extremely important to any crime scene investigation.

I find the various types of impression evidence to be a fascinating study. This is the one area, with exception to the study of the psychological asp...