Are two views better than one? Investigating three-quarter view facial composites

Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 291-306

  Ness, Hayley ^a   Hancock, Peter J B ^b   Bowie, Leslie ^c   Bruce, Vicki ^d   Pike, Graham ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^c ABM   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Eyewitness memory; Facial composites; Forensic cognition; PRO fit; Three quarter view; Viewpoint

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTS AND ILLUSTRATION; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL COMPOSITE; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; INTERVIEW; MALE; RECALL; RECOGNITION; VISUAL MEMORY; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST; WITNESS;

EID: 84946729360     PISSN: 20508794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JFP-10-2014-0040     Document Type: Article

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