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Specific Location Of Wear

A defined area of erosion on a footwear outsole or tire tread. Examples of a specific location of wear are a worn tire sipe or a small area of worn stippling on a footwear outsole. Specific locations of wear may allow for a greater level of discrimination or association between questioned impressions and known footwear or tires.

Committee

Footwear & Tire

Date Added to Lexicon

06/12/2023

Technical Report/Other Source (Author, Title of report. Publisher, Year.)

ASB TR 097, Terminology Used for Forensic Footwear and Tire Evidence. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO 80904, 2019. Source link