Evans Sam, Baylis Sonya, Carabott Romina, Jones Michael, Lawson Zoe, Marsh Nick, Payne-James Jason, Ramadani Jona, Vanezis Peter, Kemp Alison
Dental Illustration Unit, School of Dentistry, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK; Institute of Primary Care & Public Health, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, UK.
Serious Organised Crime Agency, UK.
J Forensic Leg Med. 2014 May;24:7-11. doi: 10.1016/j.jflm.2014.02.007. Epub 2014 Feb 28.
An investigator who is involved in assessing the likelihood of physical abuse must make a decision as to whether the injury seen matches the explanation given. In some instances the pattern of these injuries can give the investigator a possible link to the cause of the injury. Photographic imaging is used to record the patterned cutaneous injuries (PCI) and to facilitate forensic interpretation. The current method of capturing PCI often results in some form of distortion that causes a change to the shape of the patterned injury. The Dermatological Patterned Injury Capture and Analysis (DePICA) research group was formed to assess current image capture methods and practices. An online survey was set up to assess the value of localised imaging protocols and training specific to imaging PCI and was made available to law enforcement professionals, forensic investigators and hospital staff. 80 participants responded to the survey. The majority of the survey participants have had training in medical or forensic photography, however 66 (83%) have not had specific training in how to photograph PCI. 41 (51%) of the participants responded that they always use a rigid scale and 34 (43%) position the camera so that it is perpendicular to the scale and injury. Comments made about the quality of images obtained and produced raises concerns about how much knowledge those initiating such images have about image relevance in criminal cases. It is evident that a clear and comprehensive guide to photographing PCIs is required to improve the quality of the photographic evidence that is collected.
参与评估身体虐待可能性的调查人员必须决定所见到的损伤是否与给出的解释相符。在某些情况下，这些损伤的模式可以为调查人员提供与损伤原因的可能联系。摄影成像用于记录图案化皮肤损伤（PCI）并便于法医解读。当前捕捉PCI的方法常常会导致某种形式的失真，从而使图案化损伤的形状发生变化。皮肤图案化损伤捕捉与分析（DePICA）研究小组成立的目的是评估当前的图像捕捉方法和实践。开展了一项在线调查，以评估针对PCI成像的局部成像方案和培训的价值，并向执法人员、法医调查人员和医院工作人员开放。80名参与者回复了该调查。大多数调查参与者接受过医学或法医摄影方面的培训，然而，66人（83%）没有接受过如何拍摄PCI的专门培训。41名（51%）参与者回复说他们总是使用刚性标尺，34名（43%）参与者将相机放置成与标尺和损伤垂直。关于所获取和生成图像质量的评论引发了人们对发起这些图像的人员对刑事案件中图像相关性的了解程度的担忧。显然，需要一份清晰全面的拍摄PCI的指南，以提高所收集摄影证据的质量。
