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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451447403321

Autore

Gibson Lois

Titolo

Forensic art essentials [[electronic resource] ] : a manual for law enforcement artists / / Lois Gibson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic Press, c2008

ISBN

1-281-18898-0

9786611188986

0-08-055929-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (447 p.)

Disciplina

363.25/8

Soggetti

Police artists

Criminals - Identification

Drawing - Technique

Facial reconstruction (Anthropology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The most unique art discipline -- Drawing in forensic art -- Pulling faces from witness memory -- Special refinements to the interview -- Races, expressions, teeth, women, vehicles, tattoos, and jewelry -- Age progression and postmortem: portraits of unidentified homicide complainants -- Facial reconstruction from skeletal remains -- Three-dimensional facial reconstruction of skeletal remains -- Implementations and conclusions.

Sommario/riassunto

The demand for forensic art usage in investigations is rapidly expanding due to media attention.  Despite this fact, to date no book thoroughly explains how to sketch a suspect's face from a witness' memory.  Forensic Art Essentials teaches artists to extract information from a witness or victim about a face they have seen, and produce an image good enough to lead detectives to the criminal being described.  After reading this book, anyone with adequate drawing skills will be able to learn the tools necessary to develop his or her skills as a forensic artist.  Instruction focuses on an