Computer-Graphic Facial Reconstruction

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The process of identifying the victim(s) of crime is an essential component of any law enforcement investigation where decomposition, trauma and purposeful disfigurement have made identity uncertain. Using computer-graphic and mathematical means of facial reconstruction and approximation - from segmented, decomposed or skeletal remains overs a cost-efficient, anatomically-accurate and expedient methodology to accomplish this core component. This unique volume showcases current progress in computer-graphic facial reconstruction from forensic anthropology and odontology to perceptual psychology. Using expeditious and cost-efficient computationally based means, accurate facial reconstruction--from fragmented decomposed, or skeletal remains--alleviates the subjectivity of clay-based efforts and enhances utilization of objective methods. Computer-Graphic Facial Reconstruction is designed as a resource guide for researchers designing new projects and protocols as well as a practical handbook of methods and techniques for medico-legal practitioners who actually identify the faceless victims of crime. The methods described complement, and may even replace, the less-reliable, more traditional means of securing identification by presumptive means, i.e., clothing, personal effects and clay reconstruction.