Concept information
Preferred term
facial composite
Definition
- In a criminal investigation, a facial composite is a visual representation of a person's face, created using an artist's sketch, or mechanized/computerized systems based on the memory of an the eyewitness or victim.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- composite face
- composite image of a face
- face composite
Belongs to group
Bibliographic citation(s)
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• Frowd, C. D. (2021). Forensic facial composites. In A. M. Smith, M. P. Toglia, & J. M. Lampinen (Eds.), Methods, measures, and theories in eyewitness identification tasks (pp. 34–64). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003138105-5
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Frowd, C. D., Erickson, W. B., Lampinen, J. M., Skelton, F. C., McIntyre, A. H., & Hancock, P. J. B. (2015). A decade of evolving composites: Regression- and meta-analysis. Journal of Forensic Practice, 17(4), 319–334. https://doi.org/10.1108/JFP-08-2014-0025
{{#each properties}}• Document type: meta-analysis
• Access: closed
- • Lewis, M. B. (2024). Fixing the stimulus-as-a-fixed-effect fallacy in forensically valid face-composite research. Journal of Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, 13(2), 306–314. https://doi.org/10.1037/mac0000128
• Document type: literature review
• Access: open
- • Sporer, S. L., Tredoux, C. G., Vredeveldt, A., Kempen, K., & Nortje, A. (2020). Does exposure to facial composites damage eyewitness memory? A comprehensive review. Applied Cognitive Psychology, 34(5), 1166–1179. https://doi.org/10.1002/acp.3705
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
- • Tredoux, C. G., Sporer, S. L., Vredeveldt, A., Kempen, K., & Nortje, A. (2021). Does constructing a facial composite affect eyewitness memory? A research synthesis and meta-analysis. Journal of Experimental Criminology, 17(4), 713–741. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11292-020-09432-z
• Document type: meta-analysis
• Access: closed
- • Zahradníková, B., Duchovičová, S., & Schreiber, P. (2018). Facial composite systems: Review. Artificial Intelligence Review, 49(1), 1–22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10462-016-9519-1
• Document type: literature review
• Access: closed
Creator
- Frank Arnould
Study method of
In other languages
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French
URI
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