The Police Composite Sketch

• Main Author: Mancusi, Stephen (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Totowa, NJ : Humana Press : Imprint: Humana Press, 2010.
• Subjects: Medicine.; Fine arts.; Forensic science.; Forensic medicine.; Biomedicine.; Forensic Science.; Forensic Medicine.; Fine Arts.

The police composite sketch, one of the most crucial investigative tools in law enforcement, is developed during a composite session—an intense display of communication and art in which the words of a witness are transformed into the features of a suspect. Despite the incredible technological leaps...

Table of Contents:

• Forensic Art and Composite Art
• The Composite Session
• Drawing the Composite Sketch
• Witnesses and Victims
• Descriptive Terminologies, Responses, and Solutions
• Managing Difficult Composite Sessions
• General Drawing Tips
• Composite Session Tips.