Forensic Pollen Evidence from Clothes by the Tape Adhesive Method
Resource
Taiwania, 51(2), 123-130
Journal
Taiwania
Journal Volume
51
Journal Issue
2
Pages
123-130
Date Issued
2006-06
Date
2006-06
Author(s)
吳俊?
楊秋和
黃增泉
陳淑華
Abstract
Collection and identification of pollen is becoming important in forensic applications. Many criminal cases have been reported to link suspects to the crime scene by analysis of pollen. Several methods have been used in the pollen collection and analysis, but they are expensive and tedious. Therefore, it is important to develop a simple method to collect pollen grains from clothes. We tried to recover pollen from clothing surface by using the sticky tapes method. The tape adhesive method has been widely used for sample collection for various purposes, but the efficiency of recovery of invisible pollen from clothes has rarely been reported. Therefore, to test the efficiency of the tape adhesive method in recovering pollen from clothes is important. The first author wore clothes that were made from textile S made by the mixture of cotton 60% and polyester fiber 40% to collect pollen from 26 different areas mostly in the northern part of Taiwan and then used cellophane tape D (Sirchie Finger Print Lab., Inc-No. 131LT4) to recover them from different body parts. Twenty-six pollen taxa were detected in different parts of clothes depending upon what kind of plant the first author stayed near. From the results, we concluded that the tape adhesive method is suitable in recovering pollen from clothes. We have suggested that the tape adhesive method could be part of methods for collecting pollen from clothes of suspects. It is simpler, faster and less expensive than other methods.
Subjects
Forensic Science, Pollen Evidence, Textile, Criminal Environment, Taiwan
鑑?科學、孢粉證物、紡織物、犯罪環境、臺灣
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journal article
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