The urgent need to change ways of defining growth on the footprints in forensics
Existing methods of determining growth footprints, which appeared at the turn of XIX - XX centuries, recommended still. As an example, considered the table with indexes proposed by A. Bertillon. Maybe for the end of the XIX and beginning of XX century, when shoes were made more standardized and which differ little in form of the soles, this method of calculation was to some extent effective, but for our time, in addition to style, shoes design, it is necessary to take into account personal factors. It is therefore necessary to continue research in this area.