COMPUTER AIDING IN THE HUMAN IDENTIFICATION OF CRIMINAL SUSPECTS

• NCJ Number: 484
• Author(s): M H RUDOV; E S OKONSKI
• Date Published: 1968
• Length: 150 pages
• Grant Number(s): OLEA-199
• Sponsoring Agency: US Dept of Justice
• Corporate Author: Cornell Aeronautical Laboratory
• Sale Source: National Technical Information Service
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

SEVERAL EXISTING DATA SYSTEMS WERE STUDIED AND USED AS A BASIS FOR THE PROPOSED APPADS (AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE DATA SYSTEM).

Abstract

THE RESULTS OF THIS WORK YIELDED INFORMATION REGARDING THE NEEDS AND USES TO WHICH AN AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE DATA SYSTEM COULD BE EMPLOYED. AMONG THESE POSSIBLE USES WERE, IDENTIFYING CRIMINAL SUSPECTS, LOST PERSONS, AND CADAVERS. INFORMATION REGARDING CURRENT PRACTICES AND TECHNOLOGY WAS ALSO OBTAINED. THIS INFORMATION INCLUDED CURRENT METHODS OF THE USE OF MUG SHOTS, FACIAL COMPOSITORS, ARTIST'S SKETCHES, AND VIDEO RECORDING SYSTEMS, AS WELL AS VARIOUS TYPES OF COMPUTER AND HARDWARE TECHNOLOGY. THE DESIGN OF THE AUTOMATIC PROCESSING OF PERSONAL APPEARANCE DATA SYSTEM, WHICH WAS DEVELOPED AS PART OF THIS PROGRAM, INCLUDED THE SYSTEM'S FILE CONTENT AND ITS HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE COMPONENTS. THE LATTER TWO INCLUDED TERMINAL CONFIGURATIONS, DATA TRANSMISSION METHODS, SYSTEM OPERATION, HARDWARE, FILE MANAGEMENT, AND INFORMATION RETRIEVAL PHILOSOPHIES AND TECHNIQUES. 9 REFERENCES