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Scholars International Journal of Law, Crime and Justice (SIJLCJ)
Volume-9 | Issue-06 | 219-223
Original Research Article
Stature Estimation from Handprint Anthropometry among Indians from Klang Valley, Selangor State, Malaysia
T. Nataraja Moorthy, M. Kirubalani
Published : June 6, 2026
DOI : https://doi.org/10.36348/sijlcj.2026.v09i06.005
Abstract
Forensic science is a broad field that covers a variety of scientific disciplines used to investigate crimes through the examination of physical evidence found at the crime scenes. Evidence can determine if a crime has occurred or not. Evidence is a vital object in all crime scenes, which may exist in the form of solid, liquid or gas. Sometimes, it may be visible or invisible, and most of the impression evidence found at the scenes is visible. Some of the examples of impression evidence include fingerprints, handprints, footprints, tyre prints and so on. The first officer who visits the crime scene preserves the crime scene to avoid evidence damage until the police investigator arrives. At the initial stage of investigation, forensic officers give importance to estimating stature, gender and body weight from physical evidence left by the offenders through the anthropometric technique. Researchers have shown that impression evidence can be used to determine the above three components. But whenever dealing with stature estimation from impression evidence, ethnicity should be considered because impression evidence varies from one ethnicity to another. Hence, the present study was planned to investigate the relationship between stature and handprint among Indians living in the Klang Valley region in Selangor state, Malaysia. It is the maiden study conducted in the Klang Valley, one of the regions in Selangor state, Malaysia.
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