The benefit of context for facial-composite construction

Journal of Forensic Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 281-290

  Skelton, Faye C ^a   Frowd, Charlie D ^b   Speers, Kathryn E ^c  

^a EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Context; Facial composites; Individual features; Police; Software; Witnesses

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTS AND ILLUSTRATION; FACE PROFILE; FACIAL COMPOSITE; FEMALE; FORENSIC SCIENCE; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGING AND DISPLAY; IMAGING SOFTWARE; MALE; VISUAL MEMORY; WITNESS;

EID: 84946751356     PISSN: 20508794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/JFP-08-2014-0022     Document Type: Article

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