How Police Sketches Work

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Society & Culture

4.6 • 79.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2013

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Creating composite drawings of suspected criminals from eyewitness accounts has been around since a Frenchman introduced it in the 19th century. Despite the introduction of new techniques and software it hasn't changed all that much.

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