Facial Composites and Techniques to Improve Image Recognizability

Forensic Facial Identification: Theory and Practice of Identification from Eyewitnesses, Composites and CCTV

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 43-70

  Frowd, Charlie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Face recognition ability; Facial composites; Gold standard protocol; Holistic systems; Offender; Police officer; Sketch

Indexed keywords

EID: 84946803186     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118469538.ch3     Document Type: Chapter

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