NCJ Number
125054
Journal
Journal of Forensic Sciences Volume: 35 Issue: 4 Dated: (July 1990) Pages: 960-963
Date Published
1990
Length
4 pages
Annotation
The process of building human faces by applying clay to skulls to generate leads for identification of unknown human remains is plagued by the use of a number of terms which are already used for other purposes.
Abstract
Reconstitution, reconstruction, restoration, death mask, moulage, and sculpture have all been used, but each is used in another context in forensic science. "Facial reproduction" is suggested as a term which is not already in use in forensic science, which is precise, and which would thus be preferred over any of the other terms. 24 references. (Author abstract)