Failure of anthropometry as a facial identification technique using high-quality photographs

Journal of Forensic Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 779-783

  Kleinberg, Krista F ^a   Vanezis, Peter ^b,c   Burton, A Mike ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c Cameron Forensic Medical Sciences   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Facial identification; Forensic anthropometry; Forensic science; Identification; Image comparison

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOMETRY; CAMERA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; FACIES; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE QUALITY; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIDEORECORDING;

ANTHROPOMETRY; FACE; FORENSIC SCIENCES; HUMANS; MALE; PHOTOGRAPHY;

EID: 34250325464     PISSN: 00221198     EISSN: 15564029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1556-4029.2007.00458.x     Document Type: Conference Paper

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