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Tire tread and tire track evidence : recovery and forensic examination / William J. Bodziak.- Boca Raton ; London ; New York : CRC Press, 2008.- xxiii, 342 p. : il. ; 24 cm. - (Practical aspects of criminal and forensic investigations series)
ISBN 978-0-8493-7247-6
PNEU, VEÍCULO AUTOMÓVEL, IDENTIFICAÇÃO DE VESTÍGIOS, ANÁLISE DE VESTÍGIOS, TÉCNICA DE INVESTIGAÇÃO CRIMINAL, METODOLOGIAS
General tire information. From the wheel to the tire. The pneumatic tire. Tire footprint or contact patch. How a tire carries the load. Tire evolution. Original Equipment Manufacturer tires (OEM). Replacement tires. Tread design. Information on sidewalls. Wheels and rims. Track evidence. Track evidence. How vehicles track. Tread width. Track width. Turning diameter. Wheelbase. Rolling circumference. Making measurements of the suspect vehicle. Aftermarket wheels and tires. Other track evidence. Documenting and recovering tire impression evidence. The crime scene. Putting tire impression recovery in perspective. Detail retained in impressions. Recovery of impression evidence. Original tire evidence. Photographing tire evidence at the crime scene. Casting three-dimensional impressions. Dental stone materials. Determining the powder-to-water ratio. Preparing the impression for casting. Mixing. Pouring. Labelling the cast. Recovering the cast. Drying and cleaning the cast. Tire impressions in snow. Dry-casting snow impressions. Snow print wax® and snow impression wax. Casting snow impressions with sulphur. Lifting tire impressions. Contusions. Known exemplars of tires for elimination and examination. General information. Documenting tires from elimination vehicles. Known exemplar impressions of a suspect vehicle. Dual tire assemblies. Key points. Tire manufacturing. Designing a tire. Tire mold types. Mold-making methods. Tire manufacturing. Tire components. Building the tire. Molding and curing. Final finishing and quality control. Retreaded tires. Retreading defined. How tires are retreaded. Tire inspection. Pre-cure method. Pre-cure tread design stock. Ring tread process. Mold cure method. Retread DOTR number. Determining whether a tire is retreaded. Forensic significance of crime scene impressions made by retread tires. Regrooving. Tread design and dimension. Tire parameters affect design. Tread design. Tread design terminology. Tread design categories. Other categories or types of tread design. Tread dimension. Accuracy of tread dimensions in impressions. Factors in dimensional evaluation. Noise treatment. Tread wear indicators. Using tread wear indicators and noise treatment together. Noise treatment and tread wear indicator combination possibilities. Vehicles tires of multiple tread designs. Vehicle tires of varying sizes. Tire wear. Use of wear in forensic examinations. Wear terminology. Causes of tire wear. Characteristics of tire wear. Wear characteristics retained in two-dimensional impressions. Wear characteristics retained in three-dimensional impressions. Sipe characteristics change with wear. Groove depth and taper. Tread wear indicators. Tread depth gauges. Potential unreliability of tread depth measurements. Forensic significance of wear. Individual characteristics. Individualization. The individualization of a tire. Examples of individual characteristics of tires. Recording individual characteristics in a substrate. Weight of individual characteristics. Changes in individual characteristics with additional wear. Examination methodology and procedure for comparison of tire impressions. Structured examination procedure. Note taking. Preparation for examination. The process of examining tire impressions. Possible results regarding tread design and dimension. Different tread design. Similar or same general tread design. Tread design and dimension correspond. Continuing the examination process. Partial width impressions. Reporting results. Scientific method. Additional comments. Presenting tire evidence in court. Preparation. Demonstration aids. Planning ahead. Pre-trial meeting with attorney. Testifying to your conclusions. Resources and databases. Resources. Tire guides, inc. Tire business. Tire Retread Information Bureau. JATO DYNAMICS. Michigan and RCMP track databases. European databases. SICAR TreadMate. Books. SWGTREAD. Case studies. Kunz Family homicides. Mary Lou Arruda homicide. Hit-and-run civil case. The tire evidence in the Oklahoma City bombing case. Glossary. Bibliography.