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suitability

Consists of a determination reached during the analysis phase after considering the quality, quantity, and specificity of features observed; to include class characteristics, characteristics of use, and limiting factors in an unknown impression in order to proceed with the examination process.

Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASB 137 Standard for Examination and Documentation of Footwear and Tire Impression Evidence. AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO, 2023. Source link
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