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Forensic facial comparison in South Africa: State of the science
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Forensic facial comparison (FFC) is a scientific technique used to link suspects to a crime scene based on the analysis of photos or video recordings from that scene. While basic guidelines on practice and training are provided by the Facial Identification Scientific Working Group, details of how these are applied across the world are scarce. FFC is frequently used in South Africa, with more than 700 comparisons conducted in the last two years alone. In this paper the standards of practice are outlined, with new proposed levels of agreement/conclusions. We outline three levels of training that were established, with training in facial anatomy, terminology, principles of image comparison, image science, facial recognition and computer skills being aimed at developing general competency. Training in generating court charts and understanding court case proceedings are being specifically developed for the South African context. Various shortcomings still exist, specifically with regard to knowledge of the reliability of the technique. These need to be addressed in future research.
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Forensic facial comparison for identification remains largely untested, despite its increasing demand.
“However, forensic facial comparison (FFC) for identification remains largely untested, despite its increasing demand [17,21].”
From Forensic Facial Comparison: Current Status, Limitations, and Future Directions (2021) · cites this paper as [17]
South Africa has only 30 trained specialists in the entirety of the national police force trained to conduct FFC and testify in court to defend their conclusions.
“such as South Africa, where only 30 trained specialists in the entirety of the national police force are trained to conduct FFC and testify in court to defend their conclusions [17].”
From Forensic Facial Comparison: Current Status, Limitations, and Future Directions (2021) · cites this paper as [17]
The training course outline proposed by members of the research group inadvertently follows most of the proposed FISWG guidelines.
“Recently, members of our research group proposed an outline for a training course with a three-tiered approach offered to the police force [17]; it inadvertently follows most of the proposed guidelines from FISWG.”
From Forensic Facial Comparison: Current Status, Limitations, and Future Directions (2021) · cites this paper as [17]
To the authors' knowledge, no formal standardized training or certification platforms exist for FFC.
“to the authors’ knowledge, no formal standardized training or certification platforms exist for FFC [17].”
From Forensic Facial Comparison: Current Status, Limitations, and Future Directions (2021) · cites this paper as [17]
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- Authors
- Steyn, M., Pretorius, M., Briers, N., Bacci, N., Johnson, A., & Houlton, T. M. R.
- Venue
- Forensic Science International
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2018-06
- Volume
- 287
- Pages
- 190-194
- ISSN
- 0379-0738
- Cited by
- 17
- References
- 2
- Language
- en
- Funders
- National Research Foundation of South Africa
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