Vehicle Fraud Detection Using Microscopy

Abstract

In a criminal case, such as vehicle theft or vehicle hijacking, where a vehicle has been dismantled, the forensic scientist is many times faced with the problem of establishing the history of a specific auto body part. The normal method for doing this is by performing paint analysis. There are, however, a few shortcomings to paint analysis. In this paper another technique for determining the history of a body part is discussed, namely the comparison of surface replicas.