Forensic Facial Reconstruction
Forensic Facial Reconstruction

Author: Caroline Wilkinson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2004-05-13

Total Pages: 306

ISBN-13: 9780521820035

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Forensic facial reconstruction is the reproduction of an individual's face from skeletal remains. Used when other forms of identification are very difficult or impossible, it can give a name to the dead in forensic cases, or in archaeological contexts, provide a tangible impression of real individuals from our past. This comprehensive work starts with a discussion of the importance of the face in society and the history of facial reconstruction, going on to evaluate the accuracy of modern reconstruction methods. The Manchester method of facial reconstruction, and the relationships between the hard and soft tissues of the face are described in detail. Uniquely, it also describes the methods and problems associated with reconstructing the faces of children. Collating all published facial tissue data and describing tissue variations with reference to age, sex, stature and ethnic origin, this book will be an important reference volume for all practitioners in the field.

Craniofacial Identification
Craniofacial Identification

Author: Caroline Wilkinson

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2012-05-03

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 0521768624

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Draws together a wide range of elements relating to craniofacial analysis and identification, examining the latest advances in the field.

Facial Reconstruction for Artists
Facial Reconstruction for Artists

Author: Jan Flood

Publisher:

Published: 2010-12

Total Pages: 184

ISBN-13: 9780578054278

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The goal of a forensic artist is to produce a likeness of an individual that might lead to recognition, using various skeletal markers and identifiers to reconstruct the face. This reference provides information that will help forensic artists increase their skills, enhance their talents, and learn those details that will add additional realism to their work.

Forensic Art and Illustration
Forensic Art and Illustration

Author: Karen T. Taylor

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2000-09-15

Total Pages: 608

ISBN-13: 1420036955

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As the number of stranger-on-stranger crimes increases, solving these crimes becomes more challenging. Forensic illustration has become increasingly important as a tool in identifying both perpetrators and victims. Now a leading forensic artist, who has taught this subject at law enforcement academies, schools, and universities internationally, off

Computer-Graphic Facial Reconstruction
Computer-Graphic Facial Reconstruction

Author: John G. Clement

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2005-07-02

Total Pages: 409

ISBN-13: 0080454224

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This unique books looks at a cost-efficient, fast and accurate means of facial reconstruction--from segmented, decomposed, or skeletal remains--using computer-graphic and computational means.Computer-Graphic Facial Reconstruction is designed as a valuable resource for those scientists designing new research projects and protocols, as well as a practical handbook of methods and techniques for medico-legal practitioners who actually identify the faceless victims of crime. It looks at a variety of approaches: artificial intelligence using neural networks, case-based reasoning, Baysian belief systems, along with a variety of imaging methods: radiological, CT, MRI and the use of imaging devices.The methods described in this book complement, or may even replace, the less-reliable, more traditional means of securing identification by presumptive means, i.e., recognition of clothing, personal effects and clay reconstruction.- Covers cutting-edge technologies in the context of historical forensic reconstruction methods- Features stellar authors from around the globe- Bridges the areas of computer graphics, animation, and forensic anthropology

Facial Geometry
Facial Geometry

Author: Robert M. George

Publisher: Charles C Thomas Publisher

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 98

ISBN-13: 0398077703

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Forensic art may be defined as 'portrait art minus a tangible subject.' The main objective of this book is to present a series of practical indices interrelating the key features of the human face that will provide a foundation for any exercise in forensic art from composite sketch to post-mortem 're-facing.' These indices are illustrated with a survey of the numerous and often surprising geometric forms that permeate facial design. The various triangles and rectangles, rhomboids and trapezoids, parallelograms and circles that define the human face (the theme) and give it individuality (variations on the theme) are examined. The chapters provide necessary information to define the cephalometric points, planes, areas and lines that demarcate the human face, including the detailed surface anatomy of the eye, nose, mouth and ear. The underlying geometry of the human facial plan is revealed, illustrating a selection of triangles, rectangles, and other polygons. The graphic facial analysis (GFA) of the frontal face is covered, with sixteen indices and triangles defining and illustrating their means and ranges of variation. The GFA details the lateral face by means of eight angles and indices with special attention given to the nose and ear. With 45 illustrations and two tables in this clear and comprehensive text, this book leaves little to the imagination and is truly a unique treatise and source of information.

Handbook of Missing Persons
Handbook of Missing Persons

Author: Stephen J. Morewitz

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-12-19

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 3319401998

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This ambitious multidisciplinary volume surveys the science, forensics, politics, and ethics involved in responding to missing persons cases. International experts across the physical and social sciences offer data, case examples, and insights on best practices, new methods, and emerging specialties that may be employed in investigations. Topics such as secondary victimization, privacy issues, DNA identification, and the challenges of finding victims of war and genocide highlight the uncertainties and complexities surrounding these cases as well as possibilities for location and recovery. This diverse presentation will assist professionals in accessing new ideas, collaborating with colleagues, and handling missing persons cases with greater efficiency—and potentially greater certainty. Among the Handbook’s topics: ·A profile of missing persons: some key findings for police officers. ·Missing persons investigations and identification: issues of scale, infrastructure, and political will. ·Pregnancy and parenting among runaway and homeless young women. ·Estimating the appearance of the missing: forensic age progression in the search for missing persons. ·The use of trace evidence in missing persons investigations. ·The Investigation of historic missing persons cases: genocide and “conflict time” human rights abuses. The depth and scope of its expertise make the Handbook of Missing Persons useful for criminal justice and forensic professionals, health care and mental health professionals, social scientists, legal professionals, policy leaders, community leaders, and military personnel, as well as for the general public.

Making Faces
Making Faces

Author: John Prag

Publisher: Texas A&M University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 9780714127156

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Applied also to modern criminal investigations, facial reconstruction brings together the work of numerous specialists ranging from dentists to geneticists, and from archaeologists to radiologists. The important historical implications of their work are no more strongly demonstrated than in their confirmation that the body resting in Tomb II at Verginia was that of King Philip II, the father of Alexander the Great: when the face was reconstructed, the eye-injury received by Philip at Methone was unmistakable. Making Faces takes the reader into byways of forensic study, surgery and folklore and reveals how the art of facial reconstruction has opened up whole new vistas of the past.

Studies in Forensic Biohistory
Studies in Forensic Biohistory

Author: Christopher M. Stojanowski

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2017-01-05

Total Pages: 351

ISBN-13: 1107073545

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Highlights the role of anthropologists in revealing the histories and contemporary social facts that are reflected in dead bodies.

Forensic Identification
Forensic Identification

Author: Elizabeth A. Murray

Publisher: Twenty-First Century Books (Tm)

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 76

ISBN-13: 0761366962

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"Takes readers into the morgues and forensic labs where experts use advanced technology to determine the identities of dead bodies whose names are not known because the bodies are mutilated, decomposed beyond recognition, or cut into pieces. She also explores what happens to the cadavers and remains that belong to people who have been missing for so long that law enforcement and forensic files are no longer active"--Provided by publisher.