Forensic art essentials : a manual for law enforcement artists / / Lois Gibson

• Autore: Gibson Lois
• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Boston, : Academic Press, c2008
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (447 p.)
• Disciplina: 363.25/8
• Soggetto topico: Police artists; Criminals - Identification; Drawing - Technique; Facial reconstruction (Anthropology)
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Forensic art essentials
• ISBN: 1-281-18898-0; 9786611188986; 0-08-055929-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910808974703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II