The Forensic Analysis of Children's Temporary Tattoo

The Forensic Analysis of Children's Temporary Tattoo PDF Author: Erika Bravo
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ISBN: 9781085608046
Category : Electronic books
Languages : en
Pages : 116

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Book Description
While children's temporary tattoos have been produced since the 20th century, there are few scientific studies that have evaluated their physical and chemical characteristics. Therefore, this thesis is a preliminary study done to evaluate the composition of children's temporary tattoos and consider the importance of such traces in a forensic content. Colored regions in children's temporary tattoos, such as red, pink, yellow and orange, were found to fluoresce with the use of an alternative light source while the use of microscopy led to the identification of different printing patterns between temporary tattoos. However, limitations in the ability to determine the composition of the children's temporary tattoos using ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) spectroscopy and infrared (IR) spectroscopy methods were encountered due to the instability of the dyes in solvents for extraction when exposed for long periods of time and the presence of the colorless adhesive.