The benefit of hair for the construction of facial composite images

British Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 15-26

  Frowd, Charlie D ^a   Hepton, Gemma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; EvoFIT; Facial composite; Hair; Witness

Indexed keywords

EID: 77949321837     PISSN: 14636646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636646200900025     Document Type: Article

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