Forensic gait analysis: principles and practice

Foreword: Anya Hunt, Chief Executive Officer of the Chartered Society of Forensic Sciences Preface: Ivan Birch Contributors Chapter 1: Introduction Ivan Birch and WesleyVernon Chapter 2: The history of the use of gait analysis as evidence Michael Nirenberg Chapter 3: Fundamentals of human gait and gait analysis Ambreen Chohan, Jim Richards and David Levine Chapter 4: The legal context of forensic gait analysis Part 1: The legal context in North America Emma Cunliffe Part 2: The legal context in the United Kingdom Graham Jackson Chapter 5: The development of the forensic gait analysis quality assurance process in the UK Sarah Reel Chapter 6: Initial contact,

preliminary assessment of footage and defining the task Ivan Birch Chapter 7: Analysing the questioned and reference footage Ivan Birch Chapter 8: Comparison of gait and evaluation Ivan Birch Chapter 9: Writing expert witness reports Part 1: General principles,

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Requirements and pitfalls Roger Robson and Claire Gwinnett Part 2: Writing forensic gait analysis reports Ivan Birch Chapter 10: Presenting gait evidence in court Ivan Birch Chapter 11: Psychology of perceptual error in forensic practice Liam Satchell Chapter 12: Probative value of gait analysis Graham Jackson andIvan Birch Chapter 13: Case study 1 -- Berry's One Stop Store robbery Michael Nirenberg Case study 2 -- arson of a business premises Maria Birch Case study 3 -- two armed bank robberies Ivan Birch Appendix 1 Sheffield features of gait tool Index