The Journal of Forensic Practice: Volume 17 Issue 4
Research relating to criminology, psychology and evidence-based practice across all forensic settings
Table of contents - Special Issue: Techniques for understanding and improving the effectiveness of facial composites
Guest Editors: Dr Charlie D. Frowd
Forensic procedures for facial-composite construction
Cristina Fodarella, Heidi Kuivaniemi-Smith, Julie Gawrylowicz, Charlie D. FrowdThe paper provides a detailed description of standard procedures for constructing facial composites. These procedures are relevant to forensic practice and are contained in the…
The impact of irrelevant auditory facial descriptions on memory for target faces: implications for eyewitness memory
John E. Marsh, Jack Demaine, Raoul Bell, Faye C. Skelton, Charlie D. Frowd, Jan P. Röer, Axel BuchnerThe purpose of this paper is to investigate the potential susceptibility of eyewitness memory to the presence of extraneous background speech that comprises a description…
The benefit of context for facial-composite construction
Faye C. Skelton, Charlie D. Frowd, Kathryn E Speers– The purpose of this paper is to investigate whether the presence of a whole-face context during facial composite production facilitates construction of facial composite images.
Are two views better than one? Investigating three-quarter view facial composites
Hayley Ness, Peter J.B. Hancock, Leslie Bowie, Vicki Bruce, Graham PikeThe introduction of a three-quarter-view database in the PRO-fit facial-composite system has enabled an investigation into the effects of image view in face construction. The…
An evaluation of post-production facial composite enhancement techniques
Josh P Davis, Stacie Simmons, Lucy Sulley, Chris Solomon, Stuart GibsonThe purpose of this paper is to describe four experiments evaluating post-production enhancement techniques with facial composites mainly created using the EFIT-V holistic system…
A decade of evolving composites: regression- and meta-analysis
Charlie D. Frowd, William B. Erickson, James M. Lampinen, Faye C. Skelton, Alex H. McIntyre, Peter J.B. HancockThe purpose of this paper is to assess the impact of seven variables that emerge from forensic research on facial-composite construction and naming using contemporary police…
ISSN:
2050-8794Renamed from:
The British Journal of Forensic PracticeOnline date, start – end:
2013Copyright Holder:
Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
hybridEditors:
- Dr. Carol Ireland
- Dr Neil Gredecki