The Recovery of Fibres from the Surface of Clothing for Forensic Examinations

✍ Scribed by C.A. Pounds

• Publisher: Elsevier
• Year: 1975
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 531 KB
• Volume: 15
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0015-7368
• DOI: 10.1016/s0015-7368(75)70966-0

✦ Synopsis

Five searching methods for removing transferredjibres fromjive representative articles of men's clothing have been evaluated. Results are quoted for the searching eficiency of shaking, vacuuming, a nylon brush fabric, and high and low adhesive tapes. The eficiency of the last three were signijicantly higher than the previous two. The number of background jibres removed together with the transferred fibres from a recipient garment were compared for the best three searching techniques. In the light of these results it is tentatively suggested which is the method of choice under a given set of circumstances. A study was also undertaken on the number ofjibres lost during the packaging of the clothing exhibits.