Estimation of Individual Stature from Shoe Dimensions

Shoes and shoeprints are commonly found evidence at crime scenes, and it is very useful to determine the physical identity of perpetrators such as stature.This study, therefore, was carried out to determine the correlation between stature and shoe dimensions among students of UKM, Bangi, Malaysia.A total of 72 subjects, with 36 males and 36 females, were used in this study.Stature was measured using 206 SECAbodymeter in centimeters, while the shoe dimensions were measured using a ruler.The shoe dimensions are specified into shoe length: the horizontal distance between the most upper and lower parts of the shoe, and shoe width: the diagonal distance between the most expanded area of the shoe.The data was analysed using SPSS 25.0 software.Pearson correlation test was performed to determine the correlation between stature and shoe dimensions (length and width).The Pearson correlation test showed that there is a positive correlation between stature and shoe dimensions in the male+female group (shoe length, r = 0.644 and shoe width, r = 0.604) while the male group (shoe length, r = 0.542 and shoe width, r = 0.613).However, there is no significant correlation between stature and shoe dimensions in the female group.Conclusively, this study has established that shoe dimensions can be one of the factors in individual stature estimation.However, precautions should be taken into consideration when analysing female shoes as it showed no correlation with stature.