Psychological research has shown, and the courts have come to accept, that a witness’ observation and recollection are vulnerable to certain kinds of errors. From another perspective, a study of the precise metrics of the human body can expose shortcomings in trying to match a stranger in a surveillance photo to the man or woman sitting at the defense table. The science of biological form measurement, underlying an entire industry of security tools, can be brought to bear on the analysis of surveillance images and problematic identifications.
During a crime, the security cameras in banks and stores can capture the image of a suspect. In most instances the person committing the offense is unknown to the employees behind the counter. Eventually someone is connected to the event based on a tip or some other correlate.
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