police sketch

Witness-described portrait

A police sketch is a drawing of a suspect's face created from witness descriptions, used to help identify and locate the person.

Traditionally done by hand by a forensic artist, now often generated with software.

The police sketch bore a striking resemblance to the man they arrested.

Related

witness interviews · suspect · composite · age progression · missing person · crime scene · facial composite · detective · memory recall · description · reconstruction · crime · crime show · criminal profiling · law enforcement · identification · facial reconstruction · investigation

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Opposites
image fidelity/accuracy

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Image from a camera

mugshot · surveillance footage · photo ID · headshot · passport photo

evidentiary status

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Police identification photograph

fingerprint · booking photo · surveillance video · DNA match · DNA evidence

Family

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Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Negative · Everyday, not technical · Rated PG