facial composite

Witness-described portrait

A facial composite is a likeness of a person's face assembled from witness descriptions, used by law enforcement to identify suspects.

Traditionally created by selecting and combining features from standardized drawings, modern composites are typically generated with specialized software: Police released a facial composite of the suspect.

forensic

identikit

Composite portrait system

witness · testimony · memory · likeness · features · reconstruction · law enforcement · investigation · crime scene · lineup

appeal

broadcast

Transmitted media signal

  • mediaInformation distribution channels
  • newsReports of recent events
  • campaignOrganized effort toward goal

awareness · publicity · search · sighting · alert · announcement · wanted poster · tip line · community · cooperation

creation

sketch

Hasty informal drawing

likeness · features · profile · contour · shading · pencil · charcoal · depiction · draftsmanship · proportions

Opposites
image authenticity/source

facial compositephotograph

Image from a camera

photo · mugshot · surveillance footage · booking photo · passport photo

evidentiary certainty

facial compositebiometric identification

Authentication through bodily characteristics

DNA profile · fingerprint

Family

facial, composite, face, faces, faced, facing, facially, compose, composed

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