A Novel Tape Lifting System for the Retrieval of Trace Evidence From Crime Scenes

www.labmate-online.com, 5 November 2013 – Adhesive-coated transparent tapes have long been used as the tool of choice when recovering trace evidence from a variety of surfaces [1-3]. ... The use of tapes to recover trace evidence is frequently referred to as tape lifting and the tapes once used for this purpose and secured to a backing are known as tape lifts. ... The authors have therefore devised a new tape lifting system that is effectively non-birefringent and which embeds the trace evidence items that it contains in a medium of suitable optical properties. Read more