Countless facial images are generated everyday through digital and cell phone cameras,
surveillance video systems, webcams, and traditional film and broadcast video. As a result …

Faces are assumed to be unique, but their use in court has remained problematic as no
method of comparison with known error rates has been accepted by the scientific …

Simple Summary Facial identification is an emerging field in forensic anthropology, largely
due to the rise in closed circuit television presence worldwide, yet there is little published …

Facial identification by forensic examiners is a core component of criminal investigations
and convictions. These identifications are often done in challenging circumstances that …

Between the ever-increasing availability of surveillance evidence and expert-based forensic
facial comparison being considered admissible in court, confirming its validity is paramount …

Improvement of methods for evidential facial comparison for the Courts relies on the
collection of large databases of facial images that permit the analysis of face shape variation …

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Expert witnesses using facial comparison techniques are regularly required to disambiguate
cases of disputed identification in CCTV images and other photographic evidence in court …

Facial comparison is an important yet understudied discipline in forensics. The
recommended method for facial comparison in a forensic setting involves morphological …

In this chapter, we will first explain the current means of comparing faces used by forensic
science laboratories. It is a nonautomated process performed by forensic examiners and has …