identikits
Police sketch systems
Identikits are composite pictures of criminal suspects, assembled from standardized images of facial features—eyes, noses, mouths, hairlines—based on witness descriptions.
The term comes from Identi-Kit, a trademarked system police once used.
By extension, identikit describes anything assembled from interchangeable parts or lacking individuality: identikit housing developments, identikit pop songs.
composite
Made of distinct parts
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- facialBeauty service for skin
- reconstructionRebuilding after destruction
witness · description · suspect · photofit · likeness · features · profile · mugshot · wanted · rendering
identikitsphotographs
Light-captured images
photos · mugshots · photographic evidence · surveillance footage · portraits
identikitsfingerprints
Ridge patterns identifying individuals
DNA evidence · retinal scans · dental records · forensic evidence · facial recognition