Features of the Analysis of Human Images as Objects of Forensic Portrait Examination
https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2022-1-120-129
Abstract
The authors present an analysis of the practice of forensic portrait examinations appointed on criminal and civil cases to the Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation, the objects of which have been atypical. These have been human facial images performed in various techniques: engravings on stone, cartoons, caricatures, dolls made in workshops and author’s studios. The authors propose a new methodical approach, taking into account the technology of manufacturing such human images, they also consider their features.
About the Authors
A. M. Zinin
The Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation; Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Zinin Aleksandr Mikhailovich – Doctor of Law, Professor, Chief Forensic Examiner at the Laboratory of Questioned Document Examination; Professor of the Department of Forensic Science
Moscow 109028
Moscow 125993
V. V. Vorontsova
The Russian Federal Centre of Forensic Science of the Ministry of Justice of the Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Leading Forensic Examiner at the Laboratory of Questioned Document Examination
Moscow 109028
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Zinin A.M., Vorontsova V.V. Features of the Analysis of Human Images as Objects of Forensic Portrait Examination. Theory and Practice of Forensic Science. 2022;17(1):120-129. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.30764/1819-2785-2022-1-120-129
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