title: Exploratory study on classification and individualisation of earprints.
abstract: The FearID research project is aimed at the individualisation of earprints for the purpose of forensic research. The study presented here was carried out within the framework of this project. It intends to combine a review of what is known from literature on the classification and individualisation of earprints with results from a preliminary study of earprints. Possibilities for, and limitations to, the use of earprints in forensic investigation are addressed. Differences between eliminating a suspect, placing a suspect at a crime scene, and linking crimes by prints left at different scenes are considered.
authors.affiliation: Barge's Anthropologica, Leiden University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 9602, 2300 RC Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Meijerman
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sholl
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: De Conti
authors.forename: Marta
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Giacon
authors.forename: Cor
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: van der Lugt
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Drusini
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Vanezis
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Maat
mesh_terms: D004431:Ear, External / Q000033:anatomy & histology*; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans